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Colossus

• The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the World

• The Colossus computer was the first digital, programmable, electronic computer.

• In the novel and movie , Colossus is a computer.

• A colossus (statue) is a giant statue similar to the kind prevalent in ancient Egypt.
• see the Colossus of Barletta

• In American comics, Colossus is one of the X-Men.

• In computer games,  Colossus Chess 2.0 and 4.0, Colossus Mah Jong, and Colossus Bridge is a series of games made 1984–1987.

• The Colossus is a collection of poetry by Sylvia Plath

• Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named Colossus

• Colossus was the name of at least one of the programs which ran on the very tiny computer in the Apollo Capsule which was a central part of the NASA project which first landed men on Earth's Moon. It is unknown whether the name was chosen to reflect a (then hidden) connection to the Colossus computer from Bletchley Park.

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