Meanings
nounTuring switch (plural Turing switches)
plural Turing switches
- communicationsA logical construction modelling the operation of the network switch, just as in theoretical computer science a Turing machine models the operation of a computer.
Origin
Named after Alan Turing, though not based on his research.
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