Alan Turing's automatic computing engine
B. Jack Copeland
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Alan Turing's automatic computing engine
Published
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
553
ISBN-10
0198565933
Description
During World War II Alan Turing's work on Colossus enabled the Allies to crack German ciphers. After the war he worked on the ACE, or automatic computing engine. This volume traces the genesis and development of ACE and examines how it became the forerunner of the modern computer system.
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How many pages are in Alan Turing's automatic computing engine?
This edition of Alan Turing's automatic computing engine has approximately 553 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Alan Turing's automatic computing engine typically takes between 11h 31m and 7h 41m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 138,250 words and common reading speeds.
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What is the word count of Alan Turing's automatic computing engine?
The estimated word count for Alan Turing's automatic computing engine is approximately 138,250 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Alan Turing's automatic computing engine was written by B. Jack Copeland.
When was Alan Turing's automatic computing engine published?
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