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I had to read the article to understand what on earth the title means. I guess "pips" is slang for "beats" or "surpasses"? It's also interesting that Turing's
by cholmon 12y ago
I had to read the article to understand what on earth the title means. I guess "pips" is slang for "beats" or "surpasses"?
It's also interesting that Turing's "bombe" is not capitalized, even in its Wikipedia article, while its counterpart, "Enigma", is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe
- jgrahamc 12y agoYes, it's informal British language: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pip?q=pips#pip-6 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pip?q=p... "Defeat by a small margin or at the last moment"
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