Colossus: Celebrating the Creation of the World's First Electronic Computer

A short film by Google honoring Colossus and its creators, especially Tommy Flowers, highlighting the development of the world's first electronic computer.

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A short film made by Google to celebrate Colossus and those who built it, in particular Tommy Flowers. Colossus was the world's first electronic computer, used for code-breaking at Bletchley Park during WW2. A working rebuilt Colossus can be seen at The National Museum of Computing in the UK. For more information see: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/remembering-colossus-worlds-first.html

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