COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During early counting methods, people used
A
bones
B
shoes
C
calculators
D
curcuits
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Another calculating device developed in 1614 by a scientist, whose name was John, Napier. This device calls Napier’s bones because it consists of rods made up of bones and could easily use for multiple cation and division along with addition and subtraction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Early humans counted and performed simple calculations using tools such as their fingers, notches in sticks, knotted strings, and pebbles. Most early cultures evolved some form of a counting board or abacus to perform calculations.

Detailed explanation-3: -The abacus: 1st millennium BC It is an essential element in humanity’s most basic counting machine, the Abacus. This method of calculation-originally simple furrows drawn on the ground, in which pebbles can be placed-is believed to have been used by Babylonians and Phoenicians from perhaps as early as 1000 BC.

Detailed explanation-4: -In order to count items such as animals, it is often conjectured that one of the earliest methods of doing so would be with “tally sticks.” These are objects used to track the numbers of items to be counted.

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