Turing Award Word Search
Free Turing Award word search. We picked 12 themed words — its ceremony, its trophy, and the craft it honours — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: TURING, LECTURE, BANQUET, SYMPOSIUM, CEREMONY, RECEPTION, PRESENTATION, CITATION, ALGORITHMS, COMPLEXITY, COMPUTABILITY, PROGRAMMING.
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Turing Award word list, defined
- LECTURE /ˈlɛktʃər/ · noun, verb
- A talk or discourse on a particular subject, especially one given to an audience, or to give a talk or discourse to someone. Related: talk, speech, address, sermon.
- BANQUET /ˈbæŋkwɪt/ · noun
- A large formal meal for many people, often served to mark a celebration or special occasion. Related: feast, dinner, spread, repast.
- SYMPOSIUM /ˈsɪmˌpɒziəm/ · noun
- A meeting or conference for discussion, especially one with a formal or academic purpose. A collection of essays or articles on a particular subject, often published as a book. Related: conference, seminar, workshop, colloquium.
- CEREMONY /ˈsɛrəmoʊni/ · noun
- A formal event conducted on an important public or religious occasion, typically consisting of a series of established actions or rites; also, the ritual observances themselves, such as those in a wedding or graduation. Related: rite, ritual, observance, service.
- RECEPTION /rɪˈsɛpʃən/ · noun
- The act of receiving something, such as a visitor or a message. A formal event at which guests are received, typically to celebrate a special occasion. Related: welcome, arrival, gathering, assembly.
- PRESENTATION /prɪˈzɛnteɪʃən/ · noun
- The act of presenting information, ideas, or products to an audience, typically in a formal or public setting. A presentation can be a speech, a slideshow, or a demonstration. Related: address, speech, lecture, exposition.
- CITATION /saɪˈteɪʃən/ · noun
- A quotation of or explicit reference to a passage, book, or author as an authority or in support of a point; also an official commendation for bravery or achievement, or an official summons to appear before a court. Related: reference, quotation, quote, mention.
- ALGORITHMS /ˈælɡəˌrɪðəmz/ · noun
- Algorithms are finite sets of well-defined, step-by-step instructions or rules for solving a problem or performing a computation. In modern usage the term most often refers to procedures implemented as computer programs. Related: procedures, methods, processes, formulas.
- COMPLEXITY /kəmˈplɛksɪti/ · noun
- The state or quality of being intricate, complicated, or composed of many interconnected parts. It also refers to a factor or element that contributes to something being difficult to understand, analyze, or deal with. Related: intricacy, complication, involution, elaborateness.
- COMPUTABILITY /ˌkɒmpjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ (UK), /ˌkɑːmpjət̬əˈbɪləti/ (US) · noun
- The property of a problem or function of being solvable or computable by an effective procedure, such as an algorithm; in mathematics and computer science, the formal study of which problems can, in principle, be solved by mechanical computation. Related: calculability, decidability, solvability, algorithmic solvability.
- PROGRAMMING /ˈprɔɡræmɪŋ/ · noun
- The process of writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. The art or practice of writing computer programs. Related: coding, software development, app development, computer science.
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