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Turings electro-mechanical machine, a forerunner of modern computers, unravelled the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany and helped give the Allies an advantage in the naval struggle for control of the Atlantic. (Photo: AP)

Alan Turing, World War II code breaker, to appear on Bank of England...

Turing killed himself in 1954, aged 41, with cyanide.

16 July 2019 10:51 AM IST

LGBTQ community members celebrate after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Politics must reflect our rights

A century before Turing, the great English author Oscar Wilde was also convicted for the crime of being a homosexual.

9 Sept 2018 7:02 AM IST

The ENIAC was built at the University of Pennsylvania where Dr Huskey was involved in teaching mathematics to the naval students.

Genius Harry Huskey dies at 101

Harry Huskey played a key role in building the ENIAC and also helped Alan Turing complete his computer.

22 April 2017 10:33 AM IST