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Bombe computing device, made by national cash register, used to aid decryption of german enigma cypher, ww2 An Enigma decryption machine, called a "bombe." This machine, made by National Cash Register of Dayton, Ohio, eliminated all possible encryptions from intercepted messages until it arrived at the correct solution. |
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| current | 17:58, 13 April 2011 | | 3,000 × 2,400 (1.45 MB) | Tryphon | Higher resolution, from http://www.nsa.gov/about/_images/pg_hi_res/wave_with_bombe.jpg. |
| 15:35, 23 January 2008 |  | 1,800 × 1,440 (291 KB) | Trekphiler | {{Information |Description='bombe' computing device, made by national cash register, used to aid decryption of german enigma cypher, ww2 |Source=nationalmuseum.af.mil |Date= |Author=USAF |Permission= |other_versions= }} |
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| File change date and time | 15:47, 19 December 2005 |
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| Date and time of digitizing | 10:47, 19 December 2005 |
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