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Taxonomy vs Decidable - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and decidable

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while decidable is decidable.

taxonomy

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
  • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    decidable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • capable of being decided.
  • (computer science) describing a set for which there exists an algorithm that will determine whether any element is or is not within the set in a finite amount of time.
  • It is easy to show that the set of even numbers is decidable by creating the relevant Turing machine.
  • (logic) in intuitionistic logic, a proposition P'' is decidable in a given theory if it can be proven from the theory that "either ''P'' or not ''P ", i.e. in symbols: P \vee \neg P .http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-intuitionistic/
  • Synonyms

    * (computer science) recursive, computable

    Antonyms

    * undecidable

    Derived terms

    * semi-decidable

    References