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Turing machine

an early hypothetical model for a simple computer capable theoretically of solving complex problems by performing a small number of basic operations

Etymology: after Alan Mathison Turing, its originator

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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