The document discusses the conversion of nondeterministic finite automata (NFA) to deterministic finite automata (DFA). It defines NFAs, including how they allow multiple transition options from each state, unlike DFAs which only allow one transition. It also describes how an NFA accepts a string if any sequence of transitions leads to an accepting state. The document then explains that any language accepted by an NFA can also be accepted by an equivalent DFA, which is constructed by using the power set of the NFA states as the DFA states.