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Universal machine

Updated: 12/31/2022 by Computer Hope

A universal machine, also known as a universal Turing machine or UTM, is a Turing machine that simulates any other Turing machine. It was defined mathematically by Alonzo Church, who also invented the Lambda calculus. Church's work, combined with Turing's, created a formal theory of computation known as the Church-Turing thesis.

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