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Alan Turing describes the universal machine

1936 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Technology

Alan Turing describes the universal machine
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A Turing machine is a mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules. Despite the model's simplicity, it is capable of implementing any computer algorithm.

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