COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Which set below BEST represents the creators of the abacus?
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Greek, Russians, Jamaicans
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Babylonians, Chinese, Romans
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Japanese, Egyptians, Spanish
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Americans, Russians, Mexicans
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A brief history of Abacus It was said to be invented from ancient Babylon in between 300 to 500 bc. Abacus was the first counting machine. Earlier it was fingers, stones, or any various kinds of natural material. It was widely in use in different countries from the Middle East to Japan, China, Russia as well as Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Romans developed their hand-abacus as a portable counting board–the first portable calculating device for both engineers and businessmen.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Chinese Abacus. The abacus was first mentioned (possibly improved upon, but not invented) by the mathematician Xu Yueh () at the end of Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D).
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