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Turing machine
abstract computation model; mathematical model of computation that defines an abstract machine which manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules
Details
- Instance of
- conceptual model, model of computation
- Subclass of
- non-finite-state machine
- Inception
- 1936
- discoverer or inventor
- Alan Turing
- location of creation
- King's College London
- named after
- Alan Turing
- topic's main category
- Category:Turing machine
- used by
- computer science
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