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What is a Turing machine?

  1. An abstract device that can simulate the logic of any conceivable computer algorithm

  2. Any mechanism that can simulate human intelligence sufficiently to fool a human

  3. A device used by early programmers to input punch cards into the computer

  4. Any of a number of machines derived from the first mechanical computing devices
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A Turing machine is a mathematical abstraction of a device that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules, capable of simulating any computer algorithm's logic.

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