History glossary
Lorenz
a different German cipher system attacked with the help of Colossus.
- Category
- Codebreaking
- Region
- Europe and the Atlantic
- Date range
- 1932–1945
What it means
Lorenz protected high-level teleprinter traffic, called Tunny at Bletchley. Colossus accelerated work against this system; it was not an Enigma-breaking machine.
