COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Pascaline was invented in
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1842
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1742
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1642
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1542
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Pascaline was designed and built by the French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal between 1642 and 1644. It could only do addition and subtraction, with numbers being entered by manipulating its dials.
Detailed explanation-2: -They were designed for use by scientists, accountants and surveyors. The simplest Pascaline had five dials; later variants had up to ten dials. The contemporary French currency system used livres, sols and deniers with 20 sols to a livre and 12 deniers to a sol.
Detailed explanation-3: -A 17th-century calculating machine developed by French mathematician Blaise Pascal. After numerous prototypes, Pascal introduced his machine to the public in 1645.
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