pushdown automaton

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pushdown automaton (plural pushdown automata or pushdown automatons)

  1. (computing theory) An automaton with finitely many states that can also use one unbounded stack of memory; the automaton may only push, pop, or read the top of the stack. Abbreviation: PDA.
    Synonym: pushdown

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