King’s College / Post Office Research Station / National Physical Laboratory / /
IndustryTerm
early computing / given algorithm / high-level wireless traffic / hypothetical computing device / /
NaturalFeature
Vernam stream / /
OperatingSystem
Linux / /
Organization
Royal Navy / US Federal Reserve / King’s College / German army / Post Office / Cypher School / German High Command in Berlin / /
Person
ALAN TURING / Churchill / Lorenz / Max Newman / Grace Hopper / Frank Morrell / Juliet Kemp / John Tiltman / Konrad Zuse / Elsie Booker / Bill Tutte / David Hilbert / Mike Peel / Tommy Flowers / Dorothy Du Boisson / Gordon Welchman / Heath Robinson / Kurt Gödel / /
Position
accomplished athlete / Controller of Research / mathematician / /
Technology
Rotor encryption / LAN / Linux / given algorithm / stream cipher / /
FEATURE ALAN TURING, COLOSSUS, AND TURING MACHINES We’re taking a break from our Olde Code series this issue to get some background on a man who was in the news as recently as last year. Juliet Kemp looks back at the