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candidate · p2026-09-06-024 · reject-definition

The Bombe and Colossus

set aside as
DEFINITION REJECTS
the researcher's note
The Bombe and Colossus — cryptanalytic search engines wired to a hand-derived attack. Enormous measured effect, zero fitting.
proposed by
researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, era-1930-1989
received
2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00
harvest report
impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-era-1930-1989.md

Rulings, in order

  1. 2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00 · researcherreject-definition — The Bombe and Colossus — cryptanalytic search engines wired to a hand-derived attack. Enormous measured effect, zero fitting.
The proposal as it arrived (JSON)
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