* Cragon, Harvey G. From Fish to Colossus: How the German Lorenz Cipher was Broken at Bletchley Park ( Cragon Books, Dallas, 2003 ; ISBN 0-9743045-0-6 ) – A detailed description of the cryptanalysis of Tunny, and some details of Colossus ( contains some minor errors )

There was a fictional computer named Colossus in the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project.

During the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, Professor X and his son Legion are sensing the Phoenix Force was emergencing by transforming Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Magik into the Phoenix Five.

The second was the secret development of the Colossus computers in the UK.

Colossus was used to break German ciphers during World War II.

The Mk I Colossus was built between March and December 1943 by Tommy Flowers and his colleagues at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill in London and then shipped to Bletchley Park in January 1944.

He joined HMS Colossus in April 1886 and was then in charge of the HMS Excellent experimental department from 6 December 1886 to 10 May 1888.

Tommy Flowers of the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill had experience of thermionic valves and built an electronic machine, the Colossus computer which was installed in the Newmanry.

As she was going to the Lateran Church between the Colossean Theatre ( so called from Nero's Colossus ) and St. Clement's her travail came upon her, and she died upon the place, having sat two years, one month, and four days, and was buried there without any pomp.

There was a classical precedent for the Suez proposal, the Colossus of Rhodes: an ancient bronze statue of the Greek god of the sun, Helios.

Of these, Thor was disqualified for throwing his hammer ( he was allowed to use it since he was powerless without it ), The Incredible Hulk was disqualified because the Champion refused to " soil his hands on a mindless animal ," Wonder Man was disqualified for tearing up the ring after being battered badly in the first round, Sasquatch was knocked out in the first round, and Colossus was defeated by technical knockout in the first round when he was unable to continue fighting.

It was eventually attacked using the Colossus computers, which were the first digital program-controlled electronic computers.

During the second world war Colossus was instrumental in breaking German codes.

A Colossus has been rebuilt ; the only tube computer being restored was the very reliable but very slow Harwell WITCH.

In 1943 Tommy Flowers designed and built the Colossus, the world's first fully functional, electronic, digital and programmable computer.

Other technological and engineering feats achieved during, or as a result of, the war include the world's first programmable computers ( Z3, Colossus, and ENIAC ), guided missiles and modern rockets, the Manhattan Project's development of nuclear weapons, operations research and the development of artificial harbours and oil pipelines under the English Channel.

Bletchley Park called them the Fish ciphers, and Max Newman and colleagues designed and deployed the Heath Robinson, and then the world's first programmable digital electronic computer, the Colossus, to help with their cryptanalysis.

Flowers, the designer of Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer, was committed elsewhere and was unable to take part in the project, although his team did build some mercury delay lines for ACE.

* March – December-Construction of British prototype Mark I Colossus computer, the world's first totally electronic programmable computing device, at the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill, to assist in cryptanalysis at Bletchley Park.

During World War II, Flowers designed Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer, to help solve encrypted German messages.

In 1943 the world's first programmable electronic computer, Colossus Mark 1 was built by Tommy Flowers and his team, followed in 1944 and 1945 by nine Colossus Mark 2s.

– Comparison of the first computers, with a chapter about Colossus and its reconstruction by Tony Sale.

His work in World War II led to the construction of Colossus, the first operational electronic computer, and he established the Royal Society Computing Machine Laboratory at Manchester University which produced the first working stored program electronic computer in 1948, the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine.

Colossus was the first use of vacuum tubes working in concert on such a large scale for a single machine.

* Colossus computer, the first programmable digital electronic computer, used for code breaking in World War II

Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads, and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he retained for 14 years until his death.

Britain's first airborne assault took place on February 10, 1941 when, what was then known as II Special Air Service ( some 37 men of 500 trained in No. 2 Commando plus three Italian interpreters ), parachuted into Italy to blow up an aqueduct in a daring raid named Operation Colossus.

Britain ’ s first airborne assault took place on February 10, 1941, when ' X ' Troop, No 11 Special Air Service Battalion ( which was formed from No 2 Commando and subsequently became 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ) dropped into southern Italy from converted Whitley bombers flying from Malta and demolished a span of the aqueduct near Tragino in a daring night raid named Operation Colossus.

* In the Civilization ( series ) and Rise of Nations, ' The Colossus ' is one of the first wonders available.

* Colossus computer – first programmable, digital, electronic computer – 1943

There are several significant developments in the series: villainesses Titania and Volcana are created ; the second Spider-Woman, Julia Carpenter, is introduced ; Spider-Man finds and wears the black costume for the first time, initially unaware that it is actually an alien symbiote ( the symbiote would subsequently bond with journalist Eddie Brock, giving birth to the villain known as Venom ); Doctor Doom temporarily steals the Beyonder's power ; having fallen in love with the alien healer Zsaji ( who sacrifices her life on Battleworld to save the heroes ), mutant Colossus ends his romantic relationship with a heartbroken Kitty Pryde ; and the Thing chooses to remain behind on Battleworld and explores the galaxy for a year, with She-Hulk temporarily joining the Fantastic Four as his replacement.

According to her husband, Plath began writing the novel in 1961, after publishing her first collection of poetry, The Colossus.

Colossus and Guardian at first ask why the link has been disconnected, and then when told it was due to the insistence of both country's leaders, the machines then insist that the link be restored.

* Sylvia Plath wrote a poem entitled " Lorelei " ( part of the collection The Colossus and Other Poems, first published in 1960 )

Guybrush was eliminated in the first round when facing off against Wander from Shadow of the Colossus, garnering 46. 5 % of the votes.

Some were deciphered using hand methods before the process was partially automated, first with Robinson machines and then with the Colossus computers.

After the mission at Krakoa, Banshee remains with Xavier and, along with Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Thunderbird, becomes a part of the first core team of " New X-Men.

When Krakoa captured the original X-Men, it was Moira's students whom Charles went to first — not the second team of Wolverine, Storm, Banshee, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Thunderbird and Sunfire as it was originally believed — putting them through the psionic equivalent of boot camp and allowing them to believe they were being trained over months as X-Men.

The Colossus computers were digital, electronic, and were programmed by plugboard and switches, but they were dedicated to code breaking and not general purpose.

Those methods included the Colossus machines, early digital electronic computers.

The Colossus of 1943 was the first electronic computing device, but was not a general-purpose machine.

In February 1943, Flowers proposed an electronic system, which he called Colossus, using over 1, 800 valves ( vacuum tubes ).

Arguably, the first modern computer ( digital, electronic, and somewhat programmable ) was built for cryptanalytic work at Bletchley Park ( the Colossus ) during the war.