Langton's ant

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Invented by Chris Langton in 1986.

Noun[edit]

Langton's ant (plural Langton's ants)

  1. A simulated ant, part of a cellular automaton with simple rules but complicated emergent behaviour. The ant traverses a square lattice of cells, changing their colours and its direction as it passes over them.

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