– How did the Turing machine work?

Question

I wanna know how Alan Turing’s computer worked, and in turn, how it was able to crack the German Enigma.
I’ve watched a few videos on it, but they all seem confusing.

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Answer 1

A Turing machine is a concept from computer science, not a physical computer. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine) )

The first machines they used to crack Enigma were called Bombes ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe) ), and later in the war they built Colossus ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer) ).