The other Turing machine

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-2020-7.25

Maker

Brian Carpenter
Robert W. Doran

Description

"In a little known report written in 1945, A. M. Turing made a detailed proposal for the construction of a stored program computer. Although sharing some ideas with von Nuemann's draft report of the same year, Turing's proposal contained a wide range of novel and formative concepts. These include subroutines, the stack and a micromachine architecture. This paper analyses his report in general terms and in detail, and describes his ideas in modern terms." --Abstract.
Photocopy from The Computer Journal vol. 20, issue 3, , Pages 269–279,

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

11 leaves, pages 269 -279 ; 29.5 cm

Record level

Item

Collection

Robert W. Doran Collection

Credit line

Brian Carpenter et al. Jan 1977. The other Turing machine, MSS-2020-7.25. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Article Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Literary Works

Production place

Place of production not identified

Subject: all levels

Computer programming History Computers Study and teaching

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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