ULTRA

Ultra

Ultra was the designation adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. Ultra eventually became the standard designation among the western Allies for all such intelligence. The name arose because the intelligence thus obtained was considered more important than that designated by the highest British security classification then used and so was regarded as being Ultra secret. Several other cryptonyms had been used for such intelligence. British intelligence first ...

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ULTra

ULTra is a personal rapid transit system developed by the British engineering company ULTra Global PRT .

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ultra

Noun

  1. An ultra-royalist in France.
  2. An extremist.
  3. Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.

Adjective

  1. Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
    an ultra reformer; ultra measures


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