Colossus was the name of a series of computers developed by British
codebreakers in 1943-1945 to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher.
Colossus, the first large-scale electronic computer, was used against the German
system of teleprinter encryption known at Bletchley Park as 'Tunny'.
World-famous rebuild of the first modern computer. Colossus, the world's first
electronic computer, had a single purpose: to help decipher the Lorenz-
Birth of the modern computer, Electronic computer, Colossus computer of Max
Newman and Tommy Flowers.
After Bill Tutte discovered the possible double delta attack against the Lorenz
cipher, the decryption of these German messages began to seem feasible.
The British Colossus was the first ever programmable digital computer. This top
secret computer came into service at the end of 1943 and was developed to ...
Feb 6, 2014 ... The men and women who built Colossus, the world's first programmable
electronic digital computer, gathered at the National Museum of ...
Read the essential details about the Colossus Computer that includes images
and quotations about the main figures in breaking the code of the Lorenz
Develop machines to crack German codes. Among their triumphs was Colossus,
an electronic code-breaking computer that remained classified until the 1970s.
Dec 15, 2010 ... The Colossus is arguably the first digital computer in human history. Created
during World War II in order to help decipher encrypted German ...