Home›Foundational Concept›FieldBrowse ByFieldFactsFieldSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1936 CE 1FieldFilter Results7 entriesConcept KindAllComputability Theory and Formal Languages (2)Concurrency and Distributed Computing Problems (2)Origin EraAll1934 (1)1936 (2)1937 (1)1954 (1)1956 (1)1965 (1)1971 (1)1980 (1)1982 (1)1992 (1)2000 (1)Invented ByAllAlan Turing (1)Alonzo Church (1)Edsger W. Dijkstra (1)Eric Brewer (1)Haskell Curry (1)Leslie Lamport (1)Nancy Lynch (1)Origin YearAll1936 (2)1956 (1)1959 (1)1960 (1)1968 (1)1982 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAlgorithms and Complexity TheoryField1 entryDistributed ComputingField3 entriesMachine LearningField1 entryOperating SystemsField4 entriesProgramming Language TheoryField1 entrySoftware EngineeringField1 entryTheory of ComputationField3 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Turing machinetier 2WikipediaTuring machine, lead section, invention sentenceQuote, Turing machine, lead section, invention sentenceThe Turing machine was invented in 1936 by Alan Turing, who called it an "a-machine" (automatic machine).View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.