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"Colossus" Paper Tape Media, Bletchley Park
Colossus was the world's first electronic, digital, programmable computer. Colossus and its successors were used by British codebreakers to help read encrypted German messages during World War II. They used thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) to perform the calculations.
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"Colossus" Paper Tape Media, Bletchley Park
Colossus was the world's first electronic, digital, programmable computer. Colossus and its successors were used by British codebreakers to help read encrypted German messages during World War II. They used thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) to perform the calculations.
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Uploaded on March 25, 2012
Taken on March 23, 2012