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Quine (computing)

A quine (/kwaɪn/ KWYNE) is a computer program that takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output. The standard terms for these programs in the computability theory and computer science literature are "self-replicating programs", "self-reproducing programs", and "self-copying programs".

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Quine (computing)

Nodes71
Edges70
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Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028169
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