Turing

See also: turing

English

Etymology

(programming language): Named after Alan Turing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtʊɹɪŋ/, /ˈtɝɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjʊəɹɪŋ/, /ˈtjɔːɹɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹɪŋ

Proper noun

Turing

1. A surname of Germanic origin.
2. Alan Turing (1912–1954), a British logician and early computer scientist.
3. (computing) A programming language.

Derived terms

The following terms are all named for Alan Turing:

• alternating Turing machine
• nondeterministic Turing machine
• Turing complete
• Turing computable function
• Turing degree
• Turing equivalent
• Turingery
• Turing function
• Turing instability
• Turingismus
• Turing jump
• Turing machine
• Turing pattern
• Turing reduction
• Turing switch
• Turing tarpit
• Turing test
• turmite
• universal Turing machine

 

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 圖靈／图灵 (tou⁴ ling⁴)

  Mandarin: 圖靈／图灵 (Túlíng), 圖林／图林 (Túlin)

Anagrams

• RTUing, truing, ungirt

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Tu‧ring

Proper noun

Turing

1. a surname