COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Mark-I
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Slide Rule
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Abacus
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Napier’s Bone
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Correct Answer is Option 4 i.e Chinese. The history of the computer began with the birth of the abacus which is believed to be the first computer. It is said that the chinese invented the abacus around 4, 000 years ago. Abacus was a wooden rack which has metal rods with beads mounted on them.
Detailed explanation-2: -The abacus is one of many counting devices invented in ancient times to help count large numbers, but it is believed that the abacus was first used by the Babylonians as early as 2, 400 B.C.1 The abacus was in use in Europe, China, and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ancient Mesopotamians of Sumeria invented Abacus between and BC.