TURING

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• TURING (noun)
  The noun TURING has 1 sense:

1. English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)

  Familiarity information: TURING used as a noun is very rare.

• TURING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alan Mathison Turing; Alan Turing; Turing

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

 Context examples 

Much like a classic Turing computer system, cells have the capacity to process and respond to instructions and codes inputted into their main system.

(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)