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EPISODE · Oct 17, 2026 · 34 MIN

Turing Machine Alternative (Counter Machines) - Computerphile

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Computing with counters. How "counter machines" are as powerful as turing machines, albeit slightly more convoluted! Dr Christopher Hampson, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science Education at KCL explains.EXTRA BITS: https://youtu.be/ydmV-mWjftc https://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputerComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at http://www.bradyharan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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