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The word "colossus" has many meanings. Originally, it meant a very large statue, or "a person of immense size." As a newer meaning, it is also the name a mutant with the ability to turn into metal.

Given that this question is in the History of Computing category, it probably refers to the vacuum-tube-based computer, Colossus, developed in the U.K. in 1943-44 to break German codes. Because of wartime secrecy that was maintained for many years after the end of World War I, Colossus the computerdidn't get as much recognition, or have as much influence on the design of later computers, as it otherwise might have.

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