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Colossus - The Greatest Secret in the History of Computing

The Centre for Computing History

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Chris Shore explains the history, design, and codebreaking operation of Colossus, one of the world's first programmable digital computers.

Chris Shore talks about Colossus, how it came to be, how it worked and how it changed the course of World War II. Essential viewing! Help us create more videos. Support us through Patreon : patreon.com/computinghistory Museum Website : www.ComputingHistory.org.uk Twitter : twitter.com/computermuseum Facebook : facebook.com/computinghistory

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What people say. Recommended as a deep and fascinating dive into the history and inner workings of the Colossus computer.

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On “ENIAC Simulator”

I forget the details, but I recall this video on the Colossus- a very secretive program that resulted in arguably the first programmable digital computer (iirc). I think we only relatively recently learned of it's existence? link to this video It was very worth the watch, lots of fascinating tidbits including some stories of unsung heroes / geniuses. It was kept secret even after WWII but the people involved went off to kickstart the computer industry in England
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On “Virtual Colossus”

a nice video on the real thing by the inimitable Professor Brailsford. link And a longer, deeper dive (also very good). link to this video
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