Polish Bomba kryptologiczna

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The Polish Bomba kryptologiczna was an early electro-mechanical cryptologic device developed by Polish mathematicians to help break the German Enigma cipher before and during World War II.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Polish Bomba kryptologiczna canonical 2
Bomba kryptologiczna 1
Polish cryptologic bomb 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf codebreaking machine ⓘ
cryptologic device ⓘ
electro-mechanical machine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Polish cryptologic bomb ⓘ
bomba kryptologiczna ⓘ
associatedWith Marian Rejewski’s permutation theory ⓘ
Polish–French–British intelligence cooperation ⓘ
basedOn mathematical analysis of Enigma ⓘ
combatantSide Allies of World War II ⓘ
contributedTo Allied understanding of Enigma vulnerabilities ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
designedIn Poland ⓘ
designedTo determine Enigma daily keys ⓘ
developer Biuro Szyfrów ⓘ
Henryk Zygalski ⓘ
Jerzy Różycki ⓘ
Marian Rejewski ⓘ
Polish General Staff Cipher Bureau ⓘ
era early World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
field cryptology ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
followedBy British Bombe ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1930s ⓘ
early 1940s ⓘ
influenced modern cryptanalytic techniques ⓘ
inspired British Bombe ⓘ
languageOfName Polish ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first automated cryptanalytic devices ⓘ
contributing to Allied codebreaking efforts ⓘ
operatedOn Enigma machine settings ⓘ
opposedCipherUser Nazi Germany ⓘ
powerSource electro-mechanical ⓘ
precededBy manual Enigma decryption methods ⓘ
primaryUser Polish Cipher Bureau ⓘ
purpose automation of Enigma key search ⓘ
relatedTo Biuro Szyfrów ⓘ
British Bombe ⓘ
linked to: Bombe machines

Enigma machine ⓘ
status historical device ⓘ
targetCipher German Enigma ⓘ
linked to: Enigma machine
technologyType relay-based computing ⓘ
usedBy Biuro Szyfrów ⓘ
Polish intelligence ⓘ
usedDuringConflict World War II ⓘ
usedFor breaking Enigma cipher ⓘ
cryptanalysis of German military communications ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bombe machines → basedOn → Polish Bomba kryptologiczna ⓘ
Bombe machines → relatedTo → Bomba kryptologiczna ⓘ
linked to: Polish Bomba kryptologiczna
Bombe → basedOn → Polish Bomba kryptologiczna ⓘ
Polish Bomba kryptologiczna → alsoKnownAs → bomba kryptologiczna ⓘ
linked to: Polish Bomba kryptologiczna
Polish Bomba kryptologiczna → alsoKnownAs → Polish cryptologic bomb ⓘ
linked to: Polish Bomba kryptologiczna