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Machines invented for WW II code breaking

Published: 01 December 1998 Publication History

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In 1944 a computer was commissioned at Bletchley Park in England. This computer was designed specifically to find the settings used by German cipher machines to encrypt messages, which it did very effectively. Before "Colossus" the Polish and British military had developed mechanical machines to aid with cryptography. All of this work was top secret and only with the recent release of documents has the true significance of these machines and the people who created them been appreciated.

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cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 30, Issue 4
Dec. 1998
125 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/306286
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Published: 01 December 1998
Published in SIGCSE Volume 30, Issue 4

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  • (2022)Analysis and Illustration of the Enigma Machine2022 International Conference on Big Data, Information and Computer Network (BDICN)10.1109/BDICN55575.2022.00156(807-819)Online publication date: Jan-2022

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