universal Turing machine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Turing machine capable of simulating the behavior of any Turing machine.

Word forms

universal Turing machine universal Turing machines

Etymology

From Alan Turing, English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer.

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