AbstractMachine
Last edit October 11, 2014
An abstract machine, also called an abstract computer, is a theoretical model of a computer hardware or software system used in automata theory. Abstraction of computing processes is used in both the
ComputerScience
and
ComputerEngineering
disciplines and usually assumes discrete time paradigm.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_machine
See also
VirtualMachine
,
WhatIsaModel
,
AnIntroductionToAutomataTheory
CategoryComputerArchitecture