"Turing machine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Turing machines [plural]
Etymology: Named after English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer Alan Turing (1912–1954), who introduced the concept in 1936 to give a mathematically precise definition of computability. Etymology templates: {{,}} ,, {{named-after/list|mathematician, logician, and cryptographer||||}} mathematician, logician, and cryptographer, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Alan Turing}} Alan Turing, {{named-after|en|Alan Turing|born=1912|died=1954|nat=English|occ=mathematician, logician, and cryptographer|wplink==}} Named after English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer Alan Turing (1912–1954) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Turing machine (plural Turing machines)
  1. (computing theory) An abstract computing machine that has a finite number of possible internal states and operates on an infinite memory tape by first reading a symbol from a cell in the tape, and then, deterministically, based on that symbol and the machine’s state, writing a symbol in that cell, moving to a neighboring cell, and/or changing state. Categories (topical): Theory of computing Related terms: deterministic Turing machine, nondeterministic Turing machine, Turing complete, Turing function, Turing tape, Turing test, turmite, universal Turing machine, functionally complete Translations (abstract machine): آلَة تورنج [feminine] (Arabic), 圖靈機 (Chinese Mandarin), 图灵机 (túlíngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 確定型圖靈機 (Chinese Mandarin), 确定型图灵机 (quèdìngxíng túlíngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), Turingův stroj [masculine] (Czech), Turingin kone (Finnish), machine de Turing [feminine] (French), Turingmaschine [feminine] (German), מכונת טיורינג (mechonát tyúring) [feminine] (Hebrew), Turing-gép (Hungarian), Turing-vél [feminine] (Icelandic), Turing vél [feminine] (Icelandic), macchina di Turing [feminine] (Italian), ماشین تورینگ (Persian), máquina de Turing (Portuguese), mașină Turing [feminine] (Romanian), маши́на Тью́ринга (mašína Tʹjúringa) [feminine] (Russian), Turingov stroj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), máquina de Turing [feminine] (Spanish), Turing makinesi (Turkish)

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