有ゆう限げん状じょう態たい機き械かい

noun

finite-state machine; FSM

Computing term for an abstract machine that can be in exactly one of a finite number of states at any given time.

• 有ゆう限げん状じょう態たい機き械かいは、正せい規き表ひょう現げんの処しょ理りに使つかわれることが多おおい。

  Finite-state machines are often used for processing regular expressions.