busy beaver

noun
/ˈbɪzi ˈbiːvə/UK/ˈbɪzi ˈbiːvɚ/US

Definitions

  1. Someone who is very busy or hard-working.

    • Wow! Laundry, dishes, and errands, all in one day? You've been a busy beaver.
  2. A Turing machine that attains the maximum number of steps performed, or number of…

    A Turing machine that attains the maximum number of steps performed, or number of non-blank symbols finally on the tape, among all Turing machines in a certain class.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for busy beaver. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA