COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Maracca
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Abacus
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Lines on Stone
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Sticks in a Pile
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The predecessor to the modern abacus was the counting board, which featured groves or lines between which pebbles or beads were moved. The abacus, on the other hand, featured rods, and could have been made out of stone, metal, or wood.
Detailed explanation-3: -abacus, plural abaci or abacuses, calculating device, probably of Babylonian origin, that was long important in commerce. It is the ancestor of the modern calculating machine and computer.