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This page names the research group or laboratory a computing pioneer worked within. Wikipedia notes that a primary goal of computer scientists is to "develop or validate models, often mathematical, to describe the properties of computational systems," work that is usually carried out inside a specific research group. Browsing this way collects every pioneer who worked within the same group.

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Era of Emergence
1936 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Turing machine
WikipediaTuring machine, lead section, theory-of-computation subcategory use
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The Turing machine was invented in 1936 by Alan Turing, who called it an "a-machine" (automatic machine).
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