TURING - Definition

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	Definition:	[n] English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)

	Synonyms:	Alan Mathison Turing, Alan Turing

	See Also:	mathematician

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	1. alan turing. 2. R.C. Holt <holt@csri.toronto.edu> & J.R. Cordy <cordy@cs.queensu.ca>, U Toronto, 1982. Descendant of Concurrent Euclid, an airtight super-Pascal. Used mainly for teaching programming at both high school and university level. Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto. Versions for Sun, ms-dos, Mac, etc. E-mail: <distrib@turing.toronto.edu>. ["Turing Language Report", R.C. Holt & J.R. Cordy, Report CSRI-153, CSRI, U Toronto, Dec 1983]. ["The Turing Programming Language", R.C. Holt & J.R. Cordy, CACM 31(12) (Dec 1988)].