"universal Turing machine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: universal Turing machines [plural]
Etymology: From Alan Turing, English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=universal Turing machine}} universal Turing machine (plural universal Turing machines)
  1. (computing theory) A Turing machine capable of simulating the behavior of any Turing machine. Categories (topical): Theory of computing Related terms: Turing machine, Turing complete, Turing function Translations (Turing machine capable of simulating all the other Turing machines): universaali Turingin kone (Finnish), univerzalni Turingov stroj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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