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That's because it's not "game of life jargon", it's "cellular automata" jargon. Which is a field of math and comes along with a bunch of math jargon from relate

by culi 11mo ago

That's because it's not "game of life jargon", it's "cellular automata" jargon. Which is a field of math and comes along with a bunch of math jargon from related fields.

dooglius 11mo ago
I searched several of these terms and they are all specifically jargon of game of life enthusiasts, (i.e. search reaults are all on fansites related to game of life) not general cellular automata jargon.
- IAmBroom 11mo ago
  I assume there's fanfic shipping of automata... (If you don't recognize that use of "shipping", don't google it at work.)
  - permo-w 11mo ago
    short for relationship
  - eru 11mo ago
    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shipping https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shipping should be reasonably safe for work. As long as you can avoid getting sucked in to an all-day wiki bender.
- HTHThreee 11mo ago
  conwaylife.com isn't just for GOL, although it is the main subject, there is an Other Cellular Automata forum. also it's not really a fansite, it's a bit more academic than what would be considered a "fansite".
pepinator 11mo ago
mmmh I don't think so. I've read several papers on cellular automata and I don't recognize the terms