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A Turing-complete system is a system that can compute every computable functions. A Turing-complete system can be used to simulate any Turing machine or other Turing-complete systems.
A Turing-complete system is a system that can compute every computable function. A Turing-complete system can be used to simulate any Turing machine or other Turing-complete systems.


The halting problem is uncomputable on any Turing-complete system.
The halting problem is uncomputable on any Turing-complete system.

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A Turing-complete system is a system that can compute every computable function. A Turing-complete system can be used to simulate any Turing machine or other Turing-complete systems.

The halting problem is uncomputable on any Turing-complete system.

To be Turing-complete, a system must be able to store unbounded memory and having access to the memory. There must be also infinitely many different non-halting programs (like "while" loops or recursion).

List of Turing-complete systems

This list is non-exhaustive.

  • Turing machine
  • Lambda calculus
  • Minsky machine
  • Rule 110 automaton
  • Conway's game of life
  • 2-Tag system
  • Cyclic tag
  • Tree rewrite system