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'''Alien''', in the context of [[Conway's Game of Life]], denotes concepts not related (i.e. alien) to Conway Life. The term is primarily applied to rules ([[cellular automata]]) and [[pattern]]s. An '''alien rule''' is any [[cellular automaton]] other than Conway Life itself; an '''alien pattern''' or '''alien object''' (sometimes shortened to "an '''alien'''") is a pattern or object not existing, or behaving differently, in Conway Life. | |||
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Alien, in the context of Conway's Game of Life, denotes concepts not related (i.e. alien) to Conway Life. The term is primarily applied to rules (cellular automata) and patterns. An alien rule is any cellular automaton other than Conway Life itself; an alien pattern or alien object (sometimes shortened to "an alien") is a pattern or object not existing, or behaving differently, in Conway Life.