FSM
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | Federated States of Micronesia |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Geography & Places, Technology & Computing |
FSM has two meanings. It stands for Federated States of Micronesia (country name) or Finite-state machine (programming).
Meanings of FSM at a glance
| # | FSM stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federated States of Micronesia | Geography & Places › Country Name |
| 2 | Finite-state machine | Technology & Computing › Programming |
1. Federated States of Micronesia
Geography & Places · Country Name Abbreviations
Pacific nation of four states (Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae) spread over about 600 islands, with Palikir on Pohnpei as its capital. It has been in a Compact of Free Association with the United States since 1986.
Example: Teachers in the FSM are paid partly from Compact funds.
FM is the ISO alpha-2 code (alpha-3 FSM), and USPS mail to the country uses FM in the state position with US ZIP codes. The .fm domain is popular with radio stations and podcasts.
2. Finite-state machine
Technology & Computing · Programming Abbreviations
A model of computation with a fixed set of states, transitions triggered by inputs, and exactly one current state at a time. Traffic lights, vending machines, network protocols, parsers and game character behavior are commonly built as FSMs.
Example: Model the order lifecycle as an FSM so "shipped" can never follow "cancelled".
Studied mathematically from the 1950s; the two classic types are named after George Mealy and Edward Moore. Regular expressions are equivalent in power to finite automata. Libraries such as XState bring statecharts, an extension of state machines, to front-end development.
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