Question

Answer the following about American computers during World War II, for 10 points each.
[10e] The SIGSALY project performed this task with transmitted sound. This task was assisted by Navajo “talkers” and performed by the German Enigma machine cracked by Alan Turing.
ANSWER: encryption [or encoding; accept code-talkers; accept creating ciphertext or ciphers; accept code-breaking or decoding or decrypting]
[10h] During the war, this scientist was contracted to create a differential analyzer for missile trajectories. This man wrote about “Science: The Endless Frontier” while heading the Office of Scientific Research and Development.
ANSWER: Vannevar Bush
[10m] The ORACLE computer later developed for nuclear reactors was created at this national laboratory. The Army Corps of Engineers also used this Tennessee facility to enrich uranium for the Manhattan project.
ANSWER: Oak Ridge National Laboratory [or ORNL]
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Stanford MStanford A10101030
Auburn CAlabama A1001020
Auburn AClemson A1001020
Georgia Tech AEmory B1001020
Georgia Tech BGeorgia A1001020
Georgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C1001020
Emory AGeorgia Tech F1001020
Tusculum ASouth Carolina A100010
Georgia Tech ETennesse A1001020
Columbia APenn State B1001020
Indiana BWashU D0000
Purdue AMiami10101030
Northwestern AWashU B1001020
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UIUC ASIUE A1001020
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UChicago AWashU C1001020
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Kenyon A (UG)Michigan D (DII)100010
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Michigan State ACWRU A (UG)100010
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Lehigh APrinceton A1001020
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Colorado CollegeVassar B1001020
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SFUUW B100010
UBC BUW A1001020
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UF CUF B100010
UF AUF D1001020
UCF AUF F100010
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LSE ACambridge B001010
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EdinburghVanderbilt100010
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Amherst AClark A1001020
Boston University ABowdoin B1001020
BU BBowdoin A100010
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Yale CMIT A1001020
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