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Kleene's O

Kleene's O is a special set that contains the most basic descriptions (or codes) of all computable, well-defined procedures or functions. It serves as a universal reference point in computer science for understanding what is fundamentally calculable. In essence, O is an organized catalog of the simplest, canonical ways to describe computable processes, allowing mathematicians to study the limits and structure of what computers can theoretically accomplish.