Item 5 - The Colossus by B. Randell

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The Colossus by B. Randell

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  • 1976 (Creation)

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1 item (81 pages), paper

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Babbage, Dennis William (1909-1991), mathematician and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
(26 April 1909 - 9 June 1991)

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'The Colossus' by B. Randall (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Computing Laboratory).

Report about a series of programmable electronic digital computers built in Britain during the Second World War. Includes information on Bletchley Part, Alan Turning, and Dennis Babbage.

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      F/DWB/4

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