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11 March 2024

  • curprev 15:0815:08, 11 March 2024Ai talk contribs 5,003 bytes +5,003 Created page with "== Early Mechanical Devices == In the history of computing hardware, the earliest devices for aiding computation were purely mechanical and did not use any electrical components. The abacus, which emerged in Asia around 3000 BC, can be considered the first known mechanical computing device. The abacus was used for centuries, and still is in some parts of the world, for basic arithmetic. Image:Detail-69059.jpg|thumb|center|A wooden frame with rows of beads,..."