The other Turing machine

Object detail

Accession number

PUB-2020-13.15

Maker

Robert W. Doran
Brian Carpenter

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 Neumann'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 on title page.

Signature/Marks and Type

"MASTER" Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

41 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Other title

Massey University Copmuter Unit

Record level

Item

Collection

Robert W. Doran Collection

Credit line

Robert W. Doran et al. Aug 1975. The other Turing machine, PUB-2020-13.15. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Manual Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Instructional Documents

Production place

Palmerston North Manawatu District Whanganui - Manawatu New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Computer programming Study and teaching Computers

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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