Colossus was the world's first programmable, electronic, digital computer, although it was programmed by switches and plugs.

Colossus was the world's first programmable, electronic, digital computer, although it was programmed by switches and plugs.

With the 70th anniversary of the WWII computer, Chris Shore of Cambridge put together this entertaining presentation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tMcMQqSbA

I always wondered if the supercomputer from the film “Colossus: The Forbin Project” was named after the historical one. Apparently not, just a coincidence, since the real computer had not been yet classified in 1970.