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Colossus: The world’s first large-scale computer

FEB 03, 2010
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BBC News : The world’s first large-scale, electronic programmable computer was created to do one job— crack the wartime codes used by the Germans during World War II. Engineers and code-crackers describe life working on Colossus as part of a BBC News series on computer pioneers.

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