Computer History
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Computer History
Back in ancient times people used to use there fingers to count. Ten
became the basis of number systems for everybody because of 10
fingers and 10 toes. When they ran out of fingers and toes to count on
they used stones and scratches in trees to store and record information.
Later somebody invented the abacus. The abacus is still in use today in
many Asian countries. Some people that use the abacus are as fast as a
human now using a calculator. They used the abacus to keep track of
totals and as a way to store numbers and not have to remember them.
In the 1600’s John Napier who was a great mathematician invented a
new way to count. Away that was a bit better then the abacus. The
thing that he invented was called Napier’s Bones. He also invented
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