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The Imitation Game (2014), a movie based on the real life story of the legendary cryptanalyst

and father of the modern computer, Alan Mathison Turing. In this movie Turing tries to crack
the German Enigma code which cryptanalaysts had thought an unbreakable Nazi code machine.
He developed a machine with an artificial intelligence, which he believes is required to break
any code input into Enigma.

After watching this movie, it was revealed how useful and powerful technology is. Enigma, a
device shown in the movie was used for all kind of tactical communications before and during
World War II. This device code change everyday with quintillions of possible new
combinations. Hence, enigma was seen as impossible to decode by everyone. However, Alan
Turing believed that only machine can beat another machine. In order to solve a puzzle that is
housed by technology, he built a machine that could decipher Enigma. As a result, the war
ended in 5 years instead of enduring longer.

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