BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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China
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Babylonia
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Asia
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Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was said to be invented from ancient Babylon in between 300 to 500 bc. Abacus was the first counting machine. Earlier it was fingers, stones, or any various kinds of natural material. It was widely in use in different countries from the Middle East to Japan, China, Russia as well as Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The abacus, called Suan-Pan in Chinese, as it appears today, was first chronicled circa 1200 C.E. in China. The device was made of wood with metal re-inforcements.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ancient Mesopotamians of Sumeria invented Abacus between and BC.
Detailed explanation-4: -The invention of the Abacus occurred in Sumeria around 2700 to 2300 B.C.E. using a base 60 system, but the oldest known abacus example is the Salamis Tablet in Greece in 300 B.C.E. Variations of the Abacus include: Japanese soroban.