The '''bomba''', or '''bomba kryptologiczna''' (Polish for "bomb" or "cryptologic bomb"), was a special-purpose machine designed around October 1938 by Polish Cipher Bureau cryptologist Marian Rejewski to break German Enigma-machine ciphers.

Etymology

How the machine came to be called a "bomb" has been an object of fascination and speculation. One theory, most likely

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