COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY

CRYPTOGRAPHY AND ENCRYPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the name of the electro-mechanical device used by British cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages during WWII?
A
Bomba
B
Bomby
C
Bombe
D
Bomb
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The bombe was an electro-mechanical device that replicated the action of several Enigma machines wired together.

Detailed explanation-2: -Turing played a key role in this, inventing – along with fellow code-breaker Gordon Welchman – a machine known as the Bombe. This device helped to significantly reduce the work of the code-breakers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cracking the code While there, Turing built a device known as the Bombe. This machine was able to use logic to decipher the encrypted messages produced by the Enigma. However, it was human understanding that enabled the real breakthroughs.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Turing-Welchman Bombe machine was an electro-mechanical device used to break Enigma-enciphered messages about enemy military operations during the Second World War.

Detailed explanation-5: -This Enigma machine is of the type used by the German Navy on submarines to encode messages during World War II. Discover the secrets of this famous code maker here.

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