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State-transition table
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<p> In <a href="/facts/Automata_theory/Q6BmPv63">automata theory</a> and <a href="/facts/Sequential_logic/Rcs4thlu">sequential logic</a>, a state-transition table is a table showing what state (or states in the case of a <a href="/facts/Nondeterministic_finite_automaton/fW600oAl">nondeterministic finite automaton</a>) a <a href="/facts/Finite-state_machine/GMusWd0a">finite-state machine</a> will move to, based on the current state and other inputs. It is essentially a <a href="/facts/Truth_table/4KsmArDW">truth table</a> in which the inputs include the current state along with other inputs, and the outputs include the next state along with other outputs. </p><p>A state-transition table is one of many ways to specify a <a href="/facts/Finite-state_machine/GMusWd0a">finite-state machine</a>. Other ways include a <a href="/facts/State_diagram/XAjvtq7t">state diagram</a>. </p>