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  *******************************************************************************<br /> Colossus: The Secrets Of Bletchley Park's Code-Breaking Computers<br /> *******************************************************************************<br /> <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> General Information<br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Type.................: Ebook<br /> Part Size............: 6,844,228 bytes<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Post Information<br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Posted by............: ~tqw~<br /> <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Release Notes<br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> The American ENIAC is customarily regarded as having been the starting point of <br /> electronic computation. This book rewrites the history of computer science, <br /> arguing that in reality Colossus--the giant computer built by the British secret <br /> service during World War II--predates ENIAC by two years.<br /> <br /> Colossus was built during the Second World War at the Government Code and Cypher <br /> School at Bletchley Park. Until very recently, much about the Colossus machine <br /> was shrouded in secrecy, largely because the code-breaking algorithms that were <br /> employed during World War II remained in use by the British security services <br /> until a short time ago. In addition, the United States has recently declassified <br /> a considerable volume of wartime documents relating to Colossus. Jack Copeland <br /> has brought together memoirs of veterans of Bletchley Park--the top-secret <br /> headquarters of Britain's secret service--and others who draw on the wealth of <br /> declassified information to illuminate the crucial role Colossus played during <br /> World War II. Included here are pieces by the former WRENS who actually worked <br /> the machine, the scientist who pioneered the use of vacuum tubes in data <br /> processing, and leading authorities on code-breaking and computer science.<br /> <br /> A must read for anyone curious about code-breaking or World War II espionage, <br /> Colossus offers a fascinating insider's account of the world first giant <br /> computer, the great great grandfather of the massive computers used today by the <br /> CIA and the National Security Agency. <br /> <br /> Table Of Contents<br /> <br /> 1 A brief history of cryptography from Caesar to Bletchley Park 9<br /> 2 How it began : Bletchley Park goes to war 18<br /> 3 The German Tunny machine 36<br /> 4 Colossus, codebreaking, and the digital age 52<br /> 5 Machine against machine 64<br /> 6 D-Day at Bletchley Park 78<br /> 7 Intercept! 84<br /> 8 Colossus 91<br /> 9 Colossus and the rise of the modern computer 101<br /> 10 The PC-user's guide to Colossus 116<br /> 11 Of mice and machines 141<br /> 12 The Colossus rebuild 150<br /> 13 Mr Newman's section 157<br /> 14 Max Newman - mathematician, codebreaker, and computer pioneer 176<br /> 15 Living with fish : breaking Tunny in the Newmanry and the Testery <br /> 189<br /> 16 From Hut 8 to the Newmanry 204<br /> 17 Codebreaking and Colossus 223<br /> 18 Major Tester's section 249<br /> 19 Setter and breaker 260<br /> 20 An ATS girl in the Testery 264<br /> 21 The Testery and the breaking of fish 269<br /> 22 Dollis Hill at war 281<br /> 23 The British Tunny machine 291<br /> 24 How Colossus was built and operated - one of its engineers reveals its <br /> secrets 297<br /> 25 Bletchley Park's sturgeon - the fish that laid no eggs 307<br /> 26 German teleprinter traffic and Swedish wartime intelligence 328<br /> App. A1 Timeline : the breaking of Tunny 337<br /> App. A2 The teleprinter alphabet 348<br /> App. A3 The Tunny Addition Square 350<br /> App. A4 My work at Bletchley Park 352<br /> App. A5 The tiltman break 370<br /> App. A6 Turingery 378<br /> App. A7 [Delta][subscript [Chi]]-method 386<br /> App. A8 Newman's theorem 391<br /> App. A9 Rectangling 396<br /> App. A10 The motor-wheels and limitations 406<br /> App. A11 Motorless Tunny 409<br /> App. A12 Origins of the fish cypher machines 411<br /> <br /> Product Details<br /> <br /> * ISBN: 019284055X<br /> * ISBN-13: 9780192840554<br /> * Format: Hardcover, 344pp<br /> * Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA<br /> * Pub. Date: April 2006<br /> <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Install Notes<br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> PDF Reader<br />
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