COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Who invented a machine to add long columns of numbers quickly?
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Charles Babbish
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Blaise Pascal
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John Napier
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Bill Gates
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -It was invented by mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal in Rouen at the age of 19.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1692 Blaise Pascal a Frenchman invented the calculating machine called Pascaline. The machine was made up of gears and was used for adding numbers quickly. He was credited for building the first mechanical calculating machine. The design of his machine was ahead of its time.
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