Early Computing Device
Published by Due to the absence of electricity and modern industrial technology, the early computing data processing was all manual and mechanical.
Fingers
Fingers were man’s earliest calculating device. By increasing or decreasing the number of fingers he displayed he was able to perform simple subtraction and addition. But finger counting has its limitations so man developed more sophisticated devices for counting.
Quipu
The Quipu was the very first analog computer used by Incan tribes (ancient Indian civilization in North America). The computation was done by counting the number of knots.
Abacus
The Abacus was the next analog computer which was developed in China in the 12th Century A.D. The device has a frame with its beads strung on wires or rods. Arithmetic calculations are performed by manipulating the beads. It was also known as Soroban in Japan and Suan Pan in China. To these days, old folks still use this device despite the presence of modern calculator especially at China Towns in different countries. The old folks are used to it compare to calculators.
Napier’s Bones
Napier’s Bones is composed of eleven rods with numbers marked on them in such a way that by simply placing the rods side by side products and quotients – large numbers can be obtained. The sticks were called bones because it is made of bone or ivory. It was named after Scottish mathematician John Napier, who is famous for his invention of logarithms.
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On August 5, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Quipus are Incaic, an ancient native civilization in south America…
On August 10, 2008 at 11:38 pm
i liked the infomation given
On August 10, 2008 at 11:40 pm
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On August 26, 2008 at 11:59 pm
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On November 3, 2008 at 4:22 am
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On November 5, 2008 at 6:26 am
I think it was funny that we are looking for the very first device used in counting without knowing that it was part of our body and it was our fingers…
On February 26, 2009 at 10:29 am
10 fingers can be used to count up to 50000 if you use each of them as a digit for a base-3 number.
On June 12, 2009 at 8:56 pm
i need more example…
by the way tnx..
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On June 14, 2009 at 4:36 am
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On June 15, 2009 at 5:04 am
it helps me a lot…tnx a lot!!!!!
On June 16, 2009 at 7:58 pm
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On June 18, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Where’s the other devices?
On June 28, 2009 at 10:10 pm
THEY SAY EARLY COMPUTING DEVICES ARE 15
On June 15, 2010 at 6:04 am
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On June 16, 2010 at 5:48 am
i think its helped me but not a lot,,coz other informations here are not
On June 16, 2010 at 7:37 am
i think more imprmation for early computing device and perfect done impormation .. thank’s …
On June 23, 2010 at 8:27 am
thank you…but where is the other devices??…… i need more!!!
On September 1, 2010 at 12:17 am
saved from a disaster..but not a lot of information is given..
On September 1, 2010 at 12:19 am
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On June 10, 2011 at 2:38 am
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On June 11, 2011 at 2:24 am
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On June 14, 2011 at 10:14 pm
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On June 27, 2011 at 4:46 am
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On July 7, 2011 at 6:29 am
only 2??…thanks but i need more info…
On July 25, 2011 at 9:16 am
finger is not a device
On June 18, 2012 at 9:43 am
hey..tnx for tha information i need.. but i need more information
but wheres d other device…