Alan Turing: Shortening The Second World

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In 1936 Alan Turing invented a machine that took a great part in decoding Germanys enciphering machine Enigma, which helped in Germanys defeat and shortening the Second World War if not ending it. The machine was birth of computer science. It opened a window of opportunities and ideas for machines that led to digital computing. Freedom is a power or right to act, speak or think as one wants as it says in dictionary. Before and during WWII many people didn’t have this freedom of speech and it is possible to say that they are now free thanks to Turing machine. And if I think about freedom Alan Turing has given to us, in my opinion our 21 century technologies are our way of freedom.
After the First World War many countries still had strict censoring.
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Turing machine is called father of computing and computer science. It is one of the biggest breakthroughs in technology advancing taking us to what we have now. Nowadays we have more freedom accessing information. We can easily find person on internet, look up a map or get the latest news. There is nothing stopping or delaying us finding information for our school project. Devices are making us freer by making or life more convenient. We can work from home, shop online and easily contact with people. Technologies and digital devices make our jobs done more quickly and therefore we get more free time. Where would our technologies be if there wasn’t Turing machine? It’s hard to say because there was a concept of computers and machines long time before Alan Turing’s heritage in computing science, but he is the man whose work is still relevant today. People looking into artificial intelligence still look at Alans work to find some useful answers. He made a new idea of coding a machine. Therefore in my opinion he is responsible for the technological freedom we have now.
Notably Alan Turing’s machine is related to freedom in ending the Second World War and making a breakthrough in computer science. Now we have grate machine and coding possibilities. All of Alan Turing’s machines and his ideas and research work led us to more and more freedom. He’s job is directly or indirectly

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