COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Who invented the Pascaline?
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Blaze Pascal
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Blaise Pascal
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Blair Pascal
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Belle Pascal
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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: -Statue of Blaise Pascal in Paris. His invention of the Pascaline made him famous. On May 22, 1649, Pascal received a patent, or what was then called a privilege, on the arithmetic machine. The Pascaline soon become well-known in France and abroad.
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