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Alan Mathison Turing

Alan Mathison Turing

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An English mathematician who invented the idea of a computing machine and broke German codes during World War II
  • proper noun
translation icon : Alan Mathison Turing
  • Alan Mathison Turing developed the concept of the Turing machine.

Examples

  • Historians credit Alan Mathison Turing with playing a crucial role in breaking the Enigma code.

  • The legacy of Alan Mathison Turing continues to influence technology and artificial intelligence.

  • Alan Mathison Turing is widely regarded as the father of computer science.

  • Did you know Alan Mathison Turing was a pioneer in computer science?

  • Alan Mathison Turing is widely regarded as the father of computer science.

  • Historians credit Alan Mathison Turing with playing a crucial role in breaking the Enigma code.

  • Alan Mathison Turing developed the concept of the Turing machine.

Synonyms

Alan Turing
vsAlan Mathison Turing
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An English mathematician and computer scientist known for inventing the Turing machine concept and breaking German codes in WWII

is the same but uses the full name including the middle name

Surface Forms

Alan Mathison Turing main

Morphology

Alan + Mathison + Turing

This is a proper name referring to a specific historical individual; its referential meaning (who he was and what he did) is not compositionally built from the parts 'Alan', 'Mathison', and 'Turing'. Even if learners recognize these as name elements, they cannot infer the biographical sense (mathematician, Turing machine, code-breaking) from the constituents alone, so the meaning is not derivable.

Etymology

Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician who imagined a simple device called a 'Turing machine', like a person reading and changing symbols on a long tape, and he also helped break German codes in World War II. That's why his name is used today for ideas about computers, artificial intelligence, and codebreaking.