1. English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954); [syn: Turing, Alan Turing, Alan Mathison Turing]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Alan Mathison Turing
n 1: English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine
and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
[syn: Turing, Alan Turing, Alan Mathison Turing]