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Bombe
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Bombe meaning
A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold. | A small, roughly hemispherical, chocolate-covered confection. | An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis.
Example sentences (7)
I’m partial to the bombe glacée.
Although these encryption methods were more complex than previous schemes and required machines to encrypt and decrypt, other machines such as the British Bombe were invented to crack these encryption methods.
Development of modern cryptography The Bombe replicated the action of several Enigma machines wired together.
I used to smile inwardly at the conception of Bombe hut routine implied by this programme, but thought that no particular purpose would be served by pointing out that we would not really use them in that way.
The bombe detected when a contradiction had occurred and ruled out that setting, moving on to the next.
The first Bombe, "Victory", was initially housed here. citation * Hut 2: A recreational hut for "beer, tea, and relaxation".
The first bombe was installed on 18 March 1940.