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    Turing machine
    /ˈtjʊərɪŋ məˌʃiːn/

    noun

    • 1. a mathematical model of a hypothetical computing machine which can use a predefined set of rules to determine a result from a set of input variables.
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  3. 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 ...

  4. A Turing machine is an idealised model of a central processing unit (CPU) that controls all data manipulation done by a computer, with the canonical machine using sequential memory to store data. Typically, the sequential memory is represented as a tape of infinite length on which the machine can perform read and write operations.

  5. Aug 27, 2024 · A Turing machine is a finite automaton that can read, write, and erase symbols on an infinitely long tape. The tape is divided into squares, and each square contains a symbol.

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  6. A Turing machine is an abstract computational model that performs computations by reading and writing to an infinite tape. Turing machines provide a powerful computational model for solving problems in computer science and testing the limits of computation — are there problems that we simply cannot solve?

  7. A Turing Machine (TM) is a mathematical model which consists of an infinite length tape divided into cells on which input is given. It consists of a head which reads the input tape. A state register stores the state of the Turing machine.

  8. 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. Turing’s ‘automatic machines’, as he termed them in 1936, were specifically devised for the computing of real numbers.

  9. Aug 31, 2024 · Computer - Turing Machine, Algorithms, Automata: Alan Turing, while a mathematics student at the University of Cambridge, was inspired by German mathematician David Hilbert’s formalist program, which sought to demonstrate that any mathematical problem can potentially be solved by an algorithm—that is, by a purely mechanical process.

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