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2012, The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery
Alan Turing has a rightful claim to the title of father of modern computing. He laid the theoretical groundwork for a universal machine that models a computer in its most general form before World War II. During the war, Turing was instrumental in developing and influencing actual computing devices that have been said to have shortened the war by up to two years by decoding encrypted enemy messages that were believed by others to be unbreakable. Unlike some theoreticians, he was willing to be involved with practical aspects, and was as happy to wield a soldering iron as he was to wrestle with a mathematical problem, normally from a unique angle compared to others.
History and Legacy of Alan Turing for Computer Science
History and Legacy of Alan Turing for Computer ScienceThroughout history we encounter some personalities who think ahead of their time and, in many cases, are misunderstood or even wronged. However, they all have one thing in common: they are geniuses who find impressive solutions to complex problems. This article aims to carry out, through bibliographical research using qualitative data analysis methodology, a historical review of one of the important personalities who wrote his name in history and has great relevance in the development of modern computing: Alan Mathison Turing or how it is known: Alan Turing. Considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, he made his great contribution to humanity by developing, in 1936, through an academic article, an automatic machine ("a-machine", which was later called the Turing), who could read and write different numbers and symbols. This article covers since his birth, covering his academic trajectory, understanding a little of his mentality and vision around machines and technological equipment, his partnerships and some interesting facts about his life. Thus, it can be understood that, even at that time, it was already possible to visualize the signs of the first computational logics and realize that machines have dynamics beyond human understanding, as they can also learn from humans and other machines and, best of all, Above all, transmit this knowledge with quality. Thus realizing the legacy and historical milestone that this British mathematician, computer scientist, philosopher and biologist left for the modern and contemporary world in which we live today.
First Paragraph: I live just off of Bell Road outside of Newburgh, Indiana, a small town of 3,000 people. A mile down the street Bell Road intersects with Telephone Road not as a modern reminder of a technology belonging to bygone days, but as testimony that this technology, now more than a century and a quarter old, is still with us. In an age that prides itself on its digital devices and in which the computer now equals the telephone as a medium of communication, it is easy to forget the debt we owe to an era that industrialized the flow of information, that the light bulb, to pick a singular example, which is useful for upgrading visual information we might otherwise overlook, nonetheless remains the most prevalent of all modern day information technologies. Edison’s light bulb, of course, belongs to a different order of informational devices than the computer, but not so the telephone, not entirely anyway.
In this paper an evaluation of the contribution to philosophi- cal investigation by Alan Turing is provided in terms of creation of Artificial Languages (ALs). After a discussion of the term AL in the literature, and in particular within the theoretical model offered by Lyons, the legacy of Turing is presented with a special attention to what remains after a century by his birth and what is still to be investigated in this area.
“”During World War II, the notion of a machine imitating another machine was to be implemented in the Polish "bomba" and British "bombe." These machines simulated the operation of multiple German Enigma cipher machines and allowed British intelligence to learn of German plans in time to thwart them on land, on sea, and in the air.The British later used Colossus, a prototype of the modern computer, to break messages simultaneously enci-phered and transmitted over the Lorenz SZ42 teleprinters between Hitler and his generals.The intelligence reports based upon the breaking of the German Ciphers by these machines were referred to as "Ultra intelligence."The fact that British intelligence was regularly breaking the German ciphers was termed the "Ultra secret." Ultra did not become publicly known until the 1970s,when some of the former codebreakers began to write about it.More recently, thousands of once-classified National Security Agency documents have been released. These documents reveal how machines were used to mechanize the basic intelligence functions of German cipher clerks and British codebreakers.”” The Alan Turing Institute [AIUK]
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