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Definition: (1) An acyclic network of inputs, logic gates, and outputs. Contrasted with a Turing machine, it has no memory. (2) A cycle in a graph.
Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 27-21, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.
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