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Minsky machine - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Ditto, Linotype, Monotype

The Minsky register machine is a type of theoretical computing device. It is named after Marvin Minsky, author of The Society of Mind.

A Minsky register machine has a finite number of registers, each of which can hold any positive integer, and three instructions - an instruction to add 1 to a specifed register, an instruction to subtract one from a specified register and branch if it becomes zero, and a halt instruction. It can preform any calculation that can be carried out by a universal Turing machine ie. is Turing-complete

Links

Igblan - Minsky Register Machines (http://www.igblan.free-online.co.uk/igblan/ca/minsky.html)

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