Turing function

noun — 2 senses

Turing function

noun
1

Synonym of Turing computable function.

  • whereas the scanner is little more than a decoding device that accesses memory entries, the automaton is a Turing function which literally describes its own structure to itself and assigns probabilities to possible recognition states based on this self-referential relation.2012, H.R. Otto, J. Tuedio, Perspectives on Mind, page 168:
2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Turing, function. A function written in Turing (the programming language).

  • It is straightforward to translate a recursive definition into a Turing function.2012, Peter Grogono, Programming with Turing and Object Oriented Turing, page 149:

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