An amateur cryptographer who beat the British World War II computer Colossus in a code-cracking challenge has been honoured for his skills.
Joachim Schueth solved a German cipher in just 46 seconds, more than three hours quicker than the 60 year old PC.
He received a prize from the National Museum of Computing, which included a valve from the Colossus machine.
Mr Schueth deciphered the code using a laptop and a program he wrote specifically for the challenge.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7213215.stm
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