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| '''Computer search''' is a generic term for pattern searching using software such as [[apgsearch]] or [[gfind]].
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| A notable early example of computer searches being used to find cellular automata patterns was [[Dean Hickerson]]'s [[oscillator]] and [[spaceship]] search program in {{year|1989}}, which found patterns such as [[caterer]], [[monogram]], [[fumarole]], [[64P2H1V0]], [[84P3H1V0.1]], [[119P4H1V0]]. The latter two of these were the first known spaceships of speeds [[c/3 orthogonal|c/3]] and [[c/4 orthogonal]] respectively.
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| More recently, [[Sir Robin]], the first [[elementary]] [[oblique spaceship]] in Conway's Game of Life, was discovered by [[Adam P. Goucher]] in {{year|2018}} using a new search program known as [[ikpx]].
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