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Logic section, Colossus Mark 2 computer operating replica, 2007

National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England

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World War 2 cryptanalysis: Colossus Mark 1, operating by December 1943, is considered to be the world's first programmable, electronic, digital computer. The higher speed Colossus Mark 2 began working 1 June 1944. By the end of the war, 10 similar machines were in operation.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer

 

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