Understanding Computers
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From counting on our fingers, to the high-tech machines of the
future that were once only a figment of our imagination but now dominate
most of our everyday lives, people and computers have evolved into an ever
changing world where the toys of today are the outdated machines of
tomorrow.
Its hard t ....
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.... well). As the origin is not known as
to whom may have made the invention and since may ancient empires used it,
some of the first to use it were the Chinese and so the credit has been
given to them.
Another invention that comes from the abacus and was used in a
similar fashion was the soraban. The soraban comes from the Japanese who
perfected it to there use. The soraban is slightly different in the fact
that it has one bead on the top part or each place value, and has only five
beads in ....
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