nondeterminism
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nondeterminism definition

algorithm
A property of a computation which may have more than one result.
One way to implement a nondeterministic algorithm is using backtracking, another is to explore (all) possible solutions in parallel.
(1995-04-13)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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