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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Alan Turing''' β The mathematician, logician, and cryptanalyst who is widely considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. * '''The Turing Machine''' β A mathematical model of a hypothetical device that "Manipulates symbols on a strip of tape" according to a table of rules. It is the "Blueprint" for all modern computers. * '''Universal Turing Machine''' β A Turing machine that can "Simulate" any other Turing machine (i.e., a computer that can run "Any Software"). * '''Bletchley Park''' β The secret British site where Turing and his team "Broke the Enigma Code" used by Nazi Germany during WWII. * '''The Enigma Machine''' β The German device used to encrypt messages, which was thought to be "Unbreakable" until Turing built the "Bombe." * '''The Bombe''' β The massive electromechanical device built by Turing to "Search" for the daily settings of the Enigma machine. * '''The Turing Test''' β A test of a machine's ability to "Exhibit intelligent behavior" indistinguishable from that of a human. * '''Computability''' β The study of "What can and cannot be calculated" by a machine (The Halting Problem). * '''ACE (Automatic Computing Engine)''' β One of the first designs for a "Stored-program computer" created by Turing after the war. * '''The 'Turing Award'''' β The "Nobel Prize of Computing," named in his honor. </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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