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by rp

Sun Feb 22 2004 at 22:39:28

In mathematics, including computing science, something is discrete when it is considered as a structured collection of separate things, and the mathematics describes how they combine.

discrete mathematics is the study of discrete systems such as graphs and algebras; it is also called combinatorics
a discrete process consists of separate steps, that can combine in any order, possibly with repetition and concurrently; finite automata, Petri nets, process algebra, pi-calculus and many other formalisms are used to describe such processes;
a discrete event system is another term for the same thing

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