1. Turing Machine.

2. A formal database specification language.

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The country code for Turkmenistan.

Heavily used for vanity domains because it looks like the abbreviation for "trademark".

(Trademark) An ASCII rendition of the trademark-superscript symbol, appended to phrases that the author feels should be recorded for posterity.

It is sometimes used ironically as a form of protest against the recent spate of software patents, algorithm patents and "look and feel" lawsuits.

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