Colossus Mark I

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:computer
gptkbp:challenges heat dissipation
gptkbp:collaborator Bletchley Park team
gptkbp:component_count over 2,000
gptkbp:components gptkb:road
gptkbp:construction_material metal and glass
gptkbp:contribution advancements in computing technology
gptkbp:control_system manual switches
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired computer engineering
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:1944
gptkbp:design modular design
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:Tommy_Flowers
gptkbp:development about 6 months
gptkbp:dimensions 10 ft x 25 ft x 10 ft
gptkbp:field_of_study gptkb:crypt
gptkbp:first_introduced gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:function binary digit processing
gptkbp:has_units gptkb:1
gptkbp:historical_context World War II codebreaking efforts
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:Battle_of_Britain
gptkbp:historical_significance first programmable digital computer
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:print
punched tape reader
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colossus Mark I
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:Sir_Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkbp:input_output gptkb:text
punched tape
binary code
printed paper
gptkbp:input_speed 5,000 characters per second
gptkbp:is_funded_by gptkb:British_government
gptkbp:is_influenced_by electromechanical computers
gptkbp:is_influential_in modern computers
gptkbp:legacy pioneering computer science
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bletchley_Park
gptkbp:memory_type gptkb:none
gptkbp:notable_achievement first programmable computer to run a program
gptkbp:notable_feature first use of Boolean logic
gptkbp:operating_system gptkb:none
gptkbp:operational_period 1945
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:operational_use gptkb:military_intelligence
gptkbp:original_purpose decrypting Lorenz-encrypted messages
gptkbp:output_speed 1,000 characters per second
gptkbp:power_consumption 5 k W
gptkbp:power_source mains electricity
gptkbp:preservation_efforts reconstructed
gptkbp:programming_language gptkb:none
gptkbp:project Colossus project
gptkbp:recognition gptkb:historical_monuments
gptkbp:related_to ENIGMA machine
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Colossus_Mark_II
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Colossus_Mark_II
gptkb:Transistor
gptkbp:technology vacuum tubes
gptkbp:used_for gptkb:sports_club
gptkbp:weight 2.5 tons
gptkbp:year 1943
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tommy_Flowers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5