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Alan Turing was a British computer scientist and logician. He rose to prominence when he cracked ENIGMA, the code used by the Nazis during WWII to direct their armies. Today Turing is best known for his Turing test, which evaluated the limits of computer intelligence. For Carr, Turing is important as a forefather of the modern computer. He created a blueprint for the modern all-capable computing device with his concept of the Turing machine, an imaginary device that could be programmed to do any sort of task. Today, the Turing machine is a real technology: the modern computer.
Alan Turing Quotes in The Shallows
The The Shallows quotes below are all either spoken by Alan Turing or refer to Alan Turing. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Alan Turing Quotes in The Shallows
The The Shallows quotes below are all either spoken by Alan Turing or refer to Alan Turing. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
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The way the Web has progressed as a medium replays, with the velocity of a time-lapse film, the entire history of modern media.
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Related Themes:
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Explanation and Analysis:
