automata (See automaton)
Dictionary Definition
Noun
1 someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or
apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" [syn:
zombi, zombie]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
automata- Plural of automaton
Extensive Definition
Automata may refer to
- Automata Theory, in theoretical computer science, the study of abstract machines
- The plural form of Automaton, a self-operating machine.
- Cellular Automata, a model of computation that is the basic design behind a broad class of algorithms studied in computer science.