A mechanical calculator, or calculating machine, is a mechanical device used to perform the basic operations of arithmetic automatically, or (historically)...
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Pascal's calculator (also known as the arithmetic machine or Pascaline) is a mechanical calculator invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642. Pascal was led to...
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An electronic calculator is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics....
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and Analytical Engine. Turing's technical design Proposed Electronic Calculator was the product of his theoretical work in 1936 "On Computable Numbers"...
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Order of operations (section Calculators)
sophisticated convention. "But that convention is not universal. For example, the calculators built into Google and WolframAlpha use the less sophisticated...
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Computer (redirect from Automatic data processing machine)
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation). Modern digital...
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Difference engine (category Mechanical calculators)
A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. It was designed in the 1820s, and was first created...
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Remington Rand 409 (category Programmable calculators)
The Remington Rand 409, a punched card calculator which was programmed with a plugboard, was designed in 1949.[citation needed] It was sold in two models:...
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Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps (formerly named Windows Store apps, Metro-style apps and Modern apps) are applications that can be used across all...
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The universal binary format is a format for executable files that run natively on either PowerPC or Intel-manufactured IA-32 or Intel 64 or ARM64-based...
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