Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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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.

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