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Colossus

Shrouded in secrecy until very recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer. This book contains accounts of Colossus, of code-breaking, and of the role played by the staff of Bletchley Park in WWII - including personal recollections by those who designed and built Colossus.
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Shrouded in secrecy until very recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer. This book contains accounts of Colossus, of code-breaking, & of the role played by the staff of Bletchley Park in WWII
- including personal recollections by those who designed & built Colossus.

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Computer - A programmable electronic machine which stores and manipulates data.
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
Personal - Something that belongs more to an individual due to it affecting them more by relating to them.

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