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Re:The Machine of Tomorrow Today: Quantum Computing on the V... by cfmcdonald on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @02:59PM (#14555127)
What is an NTM? Google search turns up Nontuberculous mycobacteria and a French rap group.
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Re:The Machine of Tomorrow Today: Quantum Computing on the V... by MichaelBurge on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @03:20PM (#14555291)
Nondeterministic Turing Machine
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Re:The Machine of Tomorrow Today: Quantum Computing on the V... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @03:43PM (#14555463)
That might actually be a good name for a rap group. Or maybe punk...

But: Nondeterministic Turing Machine? What? How can it be nondeterministic, and still be a Turing Machine? Aren't they pretty much deterministic by definition?

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Re:The Machine of Tomorrow Today: Quantum Computing on the V... by Rusky on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @06:45PM (#14556662)
It's nondeterministic in the same sense as the "nondeterministic polynomial" of P = NP. Basically, a normal turing machine would also be a nondeterminisic one if P = NP.
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