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Colossus was developed during World War 2. What was it and what was it used for?
Colossus was a very large computer that used valves - a far cry from a modern desktop computer. It was used to help break the German's Enigma Code.
How many valves were used on each of the ten colossus machines?
The Colossus was built using thermionic valves, thyratrons, relays and stepping switches.The Colossus Mark 1 used about 1600 valves and the Colossus Mark 2 used about 2400 valves. After the Colossus Mark 2 was in production and use the single Colossus Mark 1 was briefly shutdown and upgraded to a Colossus Mark 2. Five of the ten Colossus machines also had a device called the "gadget" that aided in a process called "rectangling", the number of additional valves added to each of these enhanced Colossus Mark 2 machines is unknown.
How many valves were used on each of the 10 colossus machine?
The Colossus was built using thermionic valves, thyratrons, relays and stepping switches.The Colossus Mark 1 used about 1600 valves and the Colossus Mark 2 used about 2400 valves. After the Colossus Mark 2 was in production and use the single Colossus Mark 1 was briefly shutdown and upgraded to a Colossus Mark 2. Five of the ten Colossus machines also had a device called the "gadget" that aided in a process called "rectangling", the number of additional valves added to each of these enhanced Colossus Mark 2 machines is unknown.
How many valves was on the colossus?
69
How did the Colossus work without any software?
Colossus worked by holes punched in a paper tape. It was programmed by switches and plugs. Colossus used thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) to perform Boolean and counting operations.
Why did the Colossus computer need valves?
the first electronic computers were built before the invention of the transistor or integrated circuit chip. They used vacuum tubes for the processing and temporary memory. In Britain those tubes were called valves.
How many transistors does a world war 2 computer have?
The simple answer is none. The Transistor wasn't invented until 1947, some 2 years after the end of World War 2.However, what they used instead, were Vacuum Tubes (also known as thermionic valves).The first true, software programmable computer was named Colossus and was built by the British to decode secret codes being used by Germany during World War 2. The code-breaking operation was so secret that the building of Colossus was only finally made public in the early 1970's !"Colossus Mark 1 contained 1,500 electronic valves (tubes). Colossus Mark 2 with 2,400 valves was both 5 times faster and simpler to operate than Mark 1, greatly speeding the decoding process"This is a quote from this site for more informationhttp:/www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Colossus_computer#encyclopedia
How many valves were there in the colossus computer?
the Colossus Mark I prototype model used about 1400 tubeseach of the 10 Colossus Mark II production models used about 2400 tubes. most of extra tubes were involved in expanding the machine to have 5 parallel processors to increase the speed from the 5000 characters per second of the prototype to 25000 characters per second.
What was the role of the valves in Colossus?
the first electronic computers were built before the invention of the transistor or integrated circuit chip. They used vacuum tubes for the processing and temporary memory. In Britain those tubes were called valves.
What was the role of the colossus valves?
the first electronic computers were built before the invention of the transistor or integrated circuit chip. They used vacuum tubes for the processing and temporary memory. In Britain those tubes were called valves.
How heavy was the collosus computer?
Its not Collossus, Its Colossus, One L.. Its a computer device used to decode messages in WW2..
What computer cracked German codes?
The Expert answer is wrong, Enigma messages were cracked using electromechanical Bombe machines.The computer Colossus cracked the German "Fish" codesthat the German High Command used.
