Computer scientists study the Turing machine because it is simple to formulate, can be analyzed and used to prove results, and because it represents what many consider the most powerful possible "reasonable" model of computation (see Church–Turing thesis).
Računalni znanstvenici proučavaju Turingov stroj jer ga je jednostavno formulirati, jer može biti analiziran i korišten u dokazivanju rezultata, i jer predstavlja ono što mnogi smatraju najmoćnijim mogućim "razumnim" modelom računanja.