(definition)
Definition: The state immediately following the current state, defined by the transition function of a finite state machine and the input.
See also Turing machine.
Author: LH
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Leslie Hastings, "next state", from
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures, Paul E. Black, ed.,
NIST.
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