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Turing machine

(Encyclopedia) Turing machine, a mathematical model of a device that computes via a series of discrete steps and is not limited in use by a fixed maximum amount of data storage. Introduced by the…

Alan E. Cober 1998 Deaths

Alan E. Coberillustrator Newspaper, magazine and book illustrator who combined modern art with commercial art in works which appeared in The New York Times, Time, Life, and his children's…

Alan Seeger: I have a Rendezvous with Death

I have a Rendezvous with DeathAlan SeegerI have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms fill the air — I have a…

Alan F. Shugart 2006 Deaths

Alan F. ShugartAge: 76 engineer who helped develop the first disk drive in 1955 and continued to be at the forefront of computer storage development thereafter at IBM, Memorex, and his own…

Alan GRAYSON, Congress, FL (1958)

GRAYSON Alan , a Representative from Florida; born in the Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., March 13, 1958; graduated from Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, N.Y.; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge,…

Alan NUNNELEE, Congress, MS (1958)

NUNNELEE Alan , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tupelo, Lee County, Miss., October 9, 1958; B.S., Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Miss., 1980; business owner; member of…

Arthur, Chester Alan

(Encyclopedia) Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829–86, 21st President of the United States (1881–85), b. Fairfield, Vt. He studied law and before the Civil War practiced in New York City. In the war he was (…

Turing, Alan Mathison

(Encyclopedia) Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912–54, British mathematician and computer theorist. While studying at Cambridge he began work in predicate logic that led to a proof (1937) that some…

Hagler, Marvelous Marvin

(Encyclopedia) Hagler, Marvelous Marvin (Marvin Nathaniel Hagler), 1954-2021, African American champion middle-weight boxer, b. Newark, N.J. Raised…

Entertainment News from May 1997

Eddie MurphyArchive Photos1News Corp.'s Preston Padden resigns. Padden orchestrated the $1-billion direct-broadcast satellite merger between News Corp. and EchoStar that is beginning to show…