Word to describe learning or understanding something earlier then most

Question

I remember reading of a word that was used to describe it when a person or thing is able to adopt or learn a concept earlier then most people. I also remember hearing this word in the Imitation Game, if that helps.

Answer 1

I ended up remember what it was:

Precocious: (of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.

Answer 2

Wunderkind: often used derisively. A person whose academic, or other, achievements belie his or her age. A child prodigy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wunderkind?s=t