Colossus veterans and their families gather today at The National Museum of Computing located on Bletchley Park to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Colossus, the world’s first electronic computer. They will see a re-enactment of the code-breaking process from intercept to decrypt with a working rebuild of Colossus. On 5 February 1944 Colossus Mk I […]
Photos of the Day: The World’s First Electronic Computer
Colossus was the first electronic computer, but news of its existence was kept top secret for 30 years because of the sophistication and sensitivity surrounding the encryption it had helped to break. Read: Top Secret Computer Celebrates 70th Anniversary Colossus Mark I began operating on 5 February 1944, and was succeeded in June of that […]