busy beaver

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɪzi ˈbiːvə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪzi ˈbiːvɚ/ === Noun === busy beaver (plural busy beavers) (informal) Someone who is very busy or hard-working. Synonym: busy bee (computing theory) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== busy beaver function ==== Related terms ==== busy as a beaver