TURING MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Turing machine mean? 

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

1. a hypothetical computer with an infinitely long memory tape

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

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• TURING MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hypothetical computer with an infinitely long memory tape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Turing machine" is a kind of...):

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)