finitesequence
nounUK /ˈfaɪnaɪt ˈsiːkwəns/
US /ˈfaɪnaɪt ˈsiːkwəns/
A finite sequence is a list of things that has a clear end.
The numbers 2, 4, 6, 8 form a finite sequence because it stops after four numbers.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In mathematics, an ordered list of elements indexed by the first n natural numbers.
The finite sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5) has five terms.
3. In computer science, a data structure holding a fixed number of ordered items.
The program stored the user's scores in a finite sequence of length ten.
4. A sequence in a formal language that contains only a limited number of symbols.
The parser accepted the finite sequence of tokens and then stopped.