Turing machine

Summary

Turing machine is a conceptual model^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of conceptual_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,869 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Turing machine is credited with the discovery of Alan Turing^[3].
• Turing machine's image is recorded as Maquina.png^[4].
• Turing machine's instance of is recorded as conceptual model^[5].
• Turing machine's instance of is recorded as model of computation^[6].
• Alan Turing is named after Turing machine^[7].
• Turing machine's GND ID is recorded as 4203525-9^[8].
• Turing machine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85138778^[9].
• Turing machine's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11978871z^[10].
• Turing machine's IdRef ID is recorded as 027831655^[11].
• Turing machine's subclass of is recorded as non-finite-state machine^[12].
• Turing machine's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00573533^[13].
• Turing machine's Commons category is recorded as Turing machines^[14].
• +1936-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Turing machine^[15].
• Turing machine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07h4k^[16].
• Turing machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Turing machine^[17].
• Turing machine's Commons gallery is recorded as Turing Machine^[18].
• Turing machine's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX550362^[19].
• Turing machine's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 511.35^[20].
• Turing machine's location of creation is recorded as King's College London^[21].
• Turing machine's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 687652^[22].
• Turing machine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Turing-machine^[23].
• Turing machine's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/turing-machines^[24].
• Turing machine's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/tags/turing-machines^[25].
• Turing machine's used by is recorded as computer science^[26].
• Turing machine's FAST ID is recorded as 1159283^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Turing machine is credited with the discovery of Alan Turing^[3]. Things named for it include Turmite^[28].

Why It Matters

Turing machine ranks in the top 5% of conceptual_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,869 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for it include Turmite^[28].