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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite illustration in Computer Sci... by SmileyJames on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:46PM (#34345402)
I think the field of automata has some lovely diagrams.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automata_theory

I'm sure many are familiar with state diagrams, directed graphs that can be used to explain regular expressions or any other FSM

Turing machines also can be represented with a diagram featuring a "tape" - so elegant

Professor Rick Thomas made a great impression on me whilst lecturing on the subject of Automata

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