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Colossus used telephone and teleprinter technology to decrypt messages
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What was used to provide colossus with secret messages?
cheese.... yes! they used cheese.......
Where was colossus used to descrypt messages during World War 2?
Bletchley Park
What was used to provide the Colossus with the Secret message?
cheese.... yes! they used cheese.......
What was used to provide the colossus with the message?
binary
Who was colossus made for?
The Colossus computers were made for the decoders in Bletchly Park to decode the Nazi messages in WWII. The Colossus of Rhodes was a bronze statue that served as a lighthouse in ancient Greece.
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.
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 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.
16 What was the Colossus computer created to decode?
The Colossus was created to decode encrypted messages from Germany during World War Two using the infamous "Enigma" machine. For full rundown see Simon Singh's "The Code Book".
What was used to give the secret message to colossus?
cheese.... yes! they used cheese.......
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.
