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; [[conduit]] : an arrangement of still lives and/or oscillators that move an active object to another location without suffering any permanent damage | ; [[conduit]] : an arrangement of still lives and/or oscillators that move an active object to another location without suffering any permanent damage | ||
; [[Methuselah]] : a pattern that takes a large number of [[generation]]s to stabilize (known as its lifespan) and becomes much larger than its initial configuration at some point during its evolution | ; [[Methuselah]] : a pattern that takes a large number of [[generation]]s to stabilize (known as its lifespan) and becomes much larger than its initial configuration at some point during its evolution | ||
; [[Soup]] : a pattern made by randomly putting cells in an area. | |||
; [[Synthesis]] : a way to make another pattern by crashing spaceships into each other. | |||
Revision as of 05:38, 22 April 2020
This page provides very short definitions of a small set of basic terms used in discussing Life and Life patterns.
Types of patterns
- still life
- a non-empty pattern that does not change from one generation to the next
- eater
- any still life that has the ability to interact with certain patterns without suffering any permanent damage
- oscillator
- a pattern that repeats itself after a fixed number of generations (known as its period)
- spaceship
- a finite pattern that moves across the grid of cells and repeats itself after a fixed number of generations
- puffer
- a pattern that moves like a spaceship, except that it leaves debris behind
- rake
- a puffer whose debris consists of spaceships
- gun
- a stationary pattern that repeatedly emits spaceships (or rakes) forever
- breeder
- a pattern that exhibits unbounded quadratic growth
- conduit
- an arrangement of still lives and/or oscillators that move an active object to another location without suffering any permanent damage
- Methuselah
- a pattern that takes a large number of generations to stabilize (known as its lifespan) and becomes much larger than its initial configuration at some point during its evolution
- Soup
- a pattern made by randomly putting cells in an area.
- Synthesis
- a way to make another pattern by crashing spaceships into each other.