BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Captain Dimitrios Kontos
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People diving for pearls
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Captain John Sparrow
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A crew of sponge divers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Captain Dimitrios Kontos ( ) and a crew of sponge divers from Symi island discovered the Antikythera shipwreck in early 1900, and recovered artefacts during the first expedition with the Hellenic Royal Navy, in 1900–01.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator, has challenged researchers since its discovery in 1901.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Antikythera Mechanism has baffled experts since it was found on a Roman-era shipwreck in Greece in 1901. The hand-powered Ancient Greek device is thought to have been used to predict eclipses and other astronomical events.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Antikythera mechanism was found in a Roman-era shipwreck and named after a Greek island. Located in the Aegean Sea between mainland Greece and Crete, Antikythera is an island that literally means “opposite of Kythera, ” another, much larger island.