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  1. Sep 23, 2024 · Turing machine, hypothetical computing device introduced in 1936 by the English mathematician and logician Alan M. Turing. Turing originally conceived the machine as a mathematical tool that could infallibly recognize undecidable propositions —i.e., those mathematical statements that, within a given formal axiom system, cannot be shown to be ...

  2. The Turing machine was invented in 1936 by Alan Turing, [7] [8] who called it an "a-machine" (automatic machine). [9] It was Turing's doctoral advisor, Alonzo Church, who later coined the term "Turing machine" in a review. [10] With this model, Turing was able to answer two questions in the negative:

  3. Sep 24, 2018 · Turing machines, first described by Alan Turing in Turing 1936–7, are simple abstract computational devices intended to help investigate the extent and limitations of what can be computed.

  4. A Turing machine is an idealised computing device consisting of a read/write head (or 'scanner') with a paper tape passing through it. The tape is divided into squares, each square bearing a single symbol--'0' or '1', for example.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_TuringAlan Turing - Wikipedia

    From September 1938, Turing worked part-time with the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), the British codebreaking organisation. He concentrated on cryptanalysis of the Enigma cipher machine used by Nazi Germany, together with Dilly Knox, a senior GC&CS codebreaker. [ 73 ]

  6. Jun 3, 2002 · Alan Turing (1912–1954) never described himself as a philosopher, but his 1950 paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” is one of the most frequently cited in modern philosophical literature.

  7. Aug 31, 2024 · Alan Turing, who had earlier articulated the concept of a universal computing device (described in the section The Turing machine), may have pushed the project farther in the direction of a general-purpose device than his government originally had in mind.