Generation

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A generation (or tick[1]) is the fundamental unit of time in a cellular automaton such as Conway's Game of Life. The starting pattern is generation 0, the pattern after applying the rules once is generation 1, and so on.

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Silver. "Tick". The Life Lexicon. Retrieved on May 16, 2009.

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