jan 1, 1936 - Alan Turing introduces general concept behind computers
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1. The idea of a "universal Turing machine" popularized the idea that a computer could be programmed to do various different tasks.2. Invented the "Turing Test" for computer intelligence, redefined how computers were seen and treated
3. Worked with codebreakers at Bletchley Park, where he decoded Enigma with a codebreaking machine which was kind of a computer
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jan 1, 1936
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~ 89 years ago