universal Turing machine

English

Etymology

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

Noun

universal Turing machine (plural universal Turing machines)

1. (computing theory) A Turing machine capable of simulating the behavior of any Turing machine.

Related terms

• Turing machine
• Turing complete
• Turing function

Translations

Turing machine capable of simulating all the other Turing machines

• Finnish: universaali Turingin kone
• Serbo-Croatian: univerzalni Turingov stroj m