Turing Test

Test to determine whether a machine is capable of simulating human cognition, widely but erroneously believed to be the benchmark for artificial intelligence.

Boids

Computational model of flocking produced by the computer graphics expert Craig Reynolds in 1986.

ELIZA

Early natural language processing computer program.

Manchester Mark 1


One of the earliest stored-program computers, developed at the Victoria University of Manchester from the Small-Scale Experimental Machine which went operational in 1948.

Manchester computers

Innovative series of stored-program electronic computers developed during the 30-year period between 1947 and 1977 by a small team at the University of Manchester, under the leadership of Tom Kilburn.