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Tu⋅ring

[toor-ing]
–noun
Alan Math⋅i⋅son [math-uh-suhn] , 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
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Tur·ing   (tŏŏr'ĭng)   
English mathematician whose works explored the possibility of computers and raised fundamental questions about artificial intelligence. During World War II he contributed to the allied victory by helping to decipher the German Enigma codes.
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Turing
1. Alan Turing.
2. R.C. Holt & J.R. Cordy , U Toronto, 1982. Descendant of Concurrent Euclid, an airtight super-Pascal. Used mainly for teaching programming at both high school and university level.
Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto.
Versions for Sun, MS-DOS, Mac, etc.
E-mail: .
["Turing Language Report", R.C. Holt & J.R. Cordy, Report CSRI-153, CSRI, U Toronto, Dec 1983].
["The Turing Programming Language", R.C. Holt & J.R. Cordy, CACM 31(12) (Dec 1988)].

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