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What Was the Name of the Computer That Broke the Enigma Code?

šŸ’” The Answer

  • The Colossus computer was built in 1943 at Bletchley Park in England.
  • It was the world's first programmable electronic digital computer.
  • Colossus used vacuum tubes and paper tape to break Lorenz cipher messages.
  • The machine was kept secret for decades after WWII.

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