OTD 28/10/1998, Tommy Flowers died | machine, computer, invention | #OTD 28/10/1998 : Tommy Flowers, the inventor of the world's first programmable electronic computer, #Colossus died aged 92. Make sure you book
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Bletchley Park on X: "#BornOnThisDay in 1905, Tommy Flowers was an engineer who designed the world's first programmable electronic computer, Colossus, in WW2 https://t.co/DP6RWFj0Qy" / X
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