The Turing machine was invented in 1936 by Alan Turing, [7][11] who called it an "a-machine" (automatic machine). [12] It was Turing's doctoral advisor, Alonzo Church, who later coined the term …

Nov 1, 2025 · Turing machine, hypothetical computing device introduced in 1936 by the English mathematician and logician Alan M. Turing.

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 looked at computers of his day and asked “What are these people doing?” He thought about it and realized these folks would write something down, think for a bit, write something else or erase …

Following Turing, to say that a mathematical function, for example addition over the integers, is computable is to say that there is a Turing machine which is such that if, for any pair of integers x …

Turing machines were invented by the esteemed computer scientist Alan Turing in 1936. Here is a Turing machine that checks if an input string is a palindrome. The tape head moves along the tape …

Jul 1, 2025 · The Turing machine, devised by Alan Turing in 1936, is a fundamental mathematical model for modern computing. Its basic components include an infinite tape, a read/write head, and a set of …

The Universal Turing Machine, conceptualized by mathematician Alan Turing in the 1930s, is an abstract machine that serves as a foundational model for understanding computation.

He led Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis. Turing devised techniques for speeding the breaking of German ciphers, including improvements to the pre-war Polish bomba …

Turing had a lifelong interest in machines: "Alan had dreamt of inventing typewriters as a boy; [his mother] Mrs. Turing had a typewriter; and he could well have begun by asking himself what was …