Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

universal turing machine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: uni-ver-sal -tur-ing -ma-chine
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

universal Turing machines (plural)

Phrases

Turing machine Turing complete Turing function

Frequently Paired Words

Turing machine Turing complete Turing function

Questions

What does universal turing machine mean?: A Turing machine capable of simulating the behavior of any Turing machine.
Where does universal turing machine come from?: From Alan Turing, English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer.

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