COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
CRYPTOGRAPHY AND ENCRYPTION
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Question
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Station A
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Bletch
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Station Z
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Station X
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bletchley Park was known as “B.P.” to those who worked there. “Station X” (X = Roman numeral ten), “London Signals Intelligence Centre", and “Government Communications Headquarters” were all cover names used during the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Bombe was derived from a device called the bomba-Polish for “bomb”-that was invented in Poland during the 1930s. Alan Turing developed the Bombe in 1939 at Bletchley Park, and the first Bombe machine was installed there in March 1940.
Detailed explanation-3: -Origins of the Name. The name Station X came from the secret radio intercept station that was set up in the roof of the mansion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Alan Turing-the Bletchley Park codebreaker-would have been 100 years old on 23 June had he lived to the present day. To mark the occasion the BBC commissioned a week-long series of articles to explore his many achievements.