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Universal Computing Machine

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1936Date range
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Chronological records

1936

Alan Mathison Turing1936

Science / Technology

Shows that one universal machine can simulate the operation of any machine described by a finite table of instructions.

Names involved

Alan Mathison Turing

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