what is FSM?

Answer 1

Finite State Machine

2.1.2. FSM model

As a software model, FSM (Finite State Machine) [1], is defined as follows:



M = { Σ, Q, δ, s, F }



Σ – the set of events. All the possible events the machine can handle and produce.

Ex: Mouse Click, Temperature Raised, Mood Changed, etc…



Q – the set of states. During the machine lifetime it resides in one of these states.

Ex: Start State, Pretty Good State, OK State, Very Good State, End State, etc…

δ – transition function. For every (state, event) pair, δ defines the next state.

I.e.: If the machine was in the state and the event would have been occurred, the machine would move into the next state.



s – start state. An exclusive state, one of the states in Q, from which the machine starts its running.



F – the set of final states. The subset of states in Q, one of which the machine takes as final.

I.e.: arriving to one of these states might result in machine stopping.

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Answer 2

Finite State Machine.

A collection of logic functions (AND, OR, NOT) and logic storage elements (Flip-Flops). The flip flops store the current "State" of the machine, while the logic function reads that and decodes the next "state". A "Clock" (logic square wave function at a particular frequency) caused the state machine to move from state-to-state.

The Wiki article is, perhaps, a little more than what you want to know, but you can skim it for some good info.

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Answer 3

Its hard to say which FSM you are talking about, but maybe the Free Speech Movement?

Answer 4

A finite state machine

Answer 5

Flying Spaghetti Monster?


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Answer 6

never in my life herd of it