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Turing
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Tur·ing  (trng), Alan Mathison 1912-1954.
English mathematician whose works explored the possibility of computers and raised fundamental questions about artificial intelligence. During World War II he contributed to the allied victory by helping to decipher the German Enigma codes.

Turing [ˈtjʊərɪŋ]
n
(Biographies / Turing, Alan Mathison (1912-1954) M, English, SCIENCE: mathematician) Alan Mathison. 1912-54, English mathematician, who was responsible for formal description of abstract automata, and speculation on computer imitation of humans: a leader of the Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II
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Noun1.TuringTuring - English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)


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