COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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____ was the first mechanical device for calculations, developed in China
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Analytical engine
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Napier’s Bones
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Abacus
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Abacus was the first mechanical calculating device, developed by Chinese about 5000 years ago. It was used for counting large numbers and doing arithmetic calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pascaline, also called Arithmetic Machine, the first calculator or adding machine to be produced in any quantity and actually used. The Pascaline was designed and built by the French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal between 1642 and 1644.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mesopotamia. The Sumerian abacus appeared between 2700 and 2300 BC.
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