Alan Turing's automatic computing engine the master codebreaker's struggle to build the modern computer
During World War II Alan Turing's work on Colossus enabled the Allies to crack German ciphers. After the war he worked on the ACE, or automatic computing engine. This volume traces the genesis and development of ACE and examines how it became the forerunner of the modern computer system
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2005, 2005
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | During World War II Alan Turing's work on Colossus enabled the Allies to crack German ciphers. After the war he worked on the ACE, or automatic computing engine. This volume traces the genesis and development of ACE and examines how it became the forerunner of the modern computer system |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | xx, 553 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780191714016 0191714011 |