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    Early computing devices included simple counting tools like the abacus. The abacus, invented by the Chinese over 4000 years ago, is considered one of the first computers. Other early mechanical calculating devices included Napier's Bones, the Pascaline calculator, and the stepped reckoner. In the 1820s, Charles Babbage designed the Difference Engine, an early mechanical computer. He later worked on the Analytical Engine, which used punch cards to input programs. Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine in the 1890s was a punch card system that could record, sort, and compute statistics. The first electrical computer was Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer in the 1930s. One of the earliest general purpose computers was the

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    Early computing devices included simple counting tools like the abacus. The abacus, invented by the Chinese over 4000 years ago, is considered one of the first computers. Other early mechanical calculating devices included Napier's Bones, the Pascaline calculator, and the stepped reckoner. In the 1820s, Charles Babbage designed the Difference Engine, an early mechanical computer. He later worked on the Analytical Engine, which used punch cards to input programs. Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine in the 1890s was a punch card system that could record, sort, and compute statistics. The first electrical computer was Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer in the 1930s. One of the earliest general purpose computers was the

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    Early computing devices included simple counting tools like the abacus. The abacus, invented by the Chinese over 4000 years ago, is considered one of the first computers. Other early mechanical calculating devices included Napier's Bones, the Pascaline calculator, and the stepped reckoner. In the 1820s, Charles Babbage designed the Difference Engine, an early mechanical computer. He later worked on the Analytical Engine, which used punch cards to input programs. Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine in the 1890s was a punch card system that could record, sort, and compute statistics. The first electrical computer was Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer in the 1930s. One of the earliest general purpose computers was the

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    HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
    Early computing devices included sticks and stones before computing devices were invented. With the
    advancement of technology, and improved human intellect computing devices were getting produced. Some of the
    early age computing devices were,
    Abacus: - It is referred to as a counting frame which aids in calculation. It was invented by the Chinese 4000 years
    ago. It is believed to be the very first computer. It consists of a wooden rack with metal rods with beads attached
    to them.

    Napier’s Bone: - Devised by John Napier, the Napier’s bones was a manually operated calculating device. The
    instrument used 9 separate calculating strips marked with numbers to perform multiplication and division.

    .
    Pascaline: - Invented in the 1642 Biaise Pascal, a French mathematician Pascaline was thought to be the first
    mechanical and automated calculator.

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    Stepped Reckoner or Leibniz wheel: - In 1673, a German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz made
    improvements to Pascal’s instrument. It used fluted drums instead of gears.

    Difference Engine: - It was a mechanical computer that could do basic computing. It was invented by Charles
    Babbage in the early 1820s.

    Analytical Engine: - In the 1830s, Charles Babbage created another calculating machine, the Analytical Engine. It
    was a mechanical device that took inputs from users in the form of punch cards.

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    Tabulating machine: - Tabulating Machine was a punch card-based mechanical tabulator which was invented by
    Herman Hollerith, in the 1890s. It had the capability of recording and sorting data along with computing statistics.

    Differential Analyser: - Introduced in the 1930s by Vannevar Bush, the differential analyser was the first electrical
    computer. The machine switches electrical impulses to do calculations.

    Mark I: - The Mark I computer was constructed in 1944 as a collaboration between IBM and Harvard. It could
    conduct massive calculations or calculations using enormous numbers.

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