• DocumentCode
    1185713
  • Title

    Colossus: its origins and originators

  • Author

    Copeland, B. Jack

  • Author_Institution
    Canterbury Univ., Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    45
  • Abstract
    The British Colossus computer was one of the most important tools in the wartime effort to break German codes. Based on interviews and on recently declassified documents, this article clarifies the roles played by Thomas Flowers, Alan Turing, William Tutte, and Max Newman in the events leading to the installation of the first Colossus at Bletchley Park, Britain´s wartime code-breaking establishment, in December 1943.
  • Keywords
    computers; history; Alan Turing; British Colossus computer; German code breaking; Max Newman; Thomas Flowers; William Tutte; history; special-purpose electronic computer; stored-program computer; vacuum tubes; Cryptography; Engines; Europe; Keyboards; Lifting equipment; Machine intelligence; Mathematics; Military computing; Pulse measurements; Teleprinting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2004.26
  • Filename
    1369140
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1185713