(AS) A collection of {router}s under a single administrative
authority using a common {Interior Gateway Protocol} for
routing packets.
Do you mean: State Machine/Limited State Machine, from the theory of Automatation Science/Pattern Recognition? You can read some books from that area and find the exact meaning.
-jsjin(Gold Mine);
2001-8-17(#170308@0)
Tank you! 自动机全称就是“有限状态自动机”
-xxjjs(东方射日);
2001-8-17(#170356@0)
I see, it is called "Turning Machine" in English.
-wjiang(汪激昂);
2001-8-17(#170363@0)