glbtHistoryMonth.com - Alan Turing
BackAlan Turing led the British codebreaking team that broke the German Enigma Code, thereby shortening World War II, saving many lives, and helping the Allies to win the war. Turing is considered the father of computer science. To learn more, visit glbtHistoryMonth.com
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ThinWhiteDuke2007 (December 9, 2007 at 7:56 am)
Simply wrong, the Polish were indebted to Turing's work, for which they acknowledged this. Turing's work was of course top secret as was the Polish contigent, they would never have succeeded if it wasn't for Turing's work.
jasonscottpage (October 23, 2007 at 2:27 am)
Alan Turing is attributed for cracking enigma codes used for German sub locations. He is responsible for the basic cpu arcitecture we use today as well as first to conceive the principles behind DNA. Also machine intelligence, not to be confused with AI. See subsumption for present day adaptation of M.I. or the toy Pleo for demonstration.
beckett1939 (October 5, 2007 at 2:12 pm)
Turing did not break enigma... Two Polish professors Reyewski and Zygalski broke enigma and designed computing bomb in the 30s.
zyguli (May 31, 2007 at 4:02 am)
sorry, it was mostly thanks to polish contribution. They made most of the work, like 80%.
itinerantly (September 11, 2007 at 12:28 am)
Actually you are completely wrong.
Granted, Polish cryptanalysts were extremely helpful, providing an early commercial version of the Enigma, breaking many ciphers; however, once the war actually started, Germany added additional security features to make Enigma stronger. Poland had neither the money nor manpower to deal with the improved version.
Alan Turing beat Adolf Hitler. Pure and simple.
Granted, Polish cryptanalysts were extremely helpful, providing an early commercial version of the Enigma, breaking many ciphers; however, once the war actually started, Germany added additional security features to make Enigma stronger. Poland had neither the money nor manpower to deal with the improved version.
Alan Turing beat Adolf Hitler. Pure and simple.
itinerantly (September 11, 2007 at 12:28 am)
As an afternote, there is a monument to the Polish cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park honoring their contribution.