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History of computing hardware

History of computing hardware II

History of operating systems

The history of computing is older than computing machines and modern computing technology and includes the history of methods intended for pen and paper or for chalk and slate, with or without the aid of tables.

See Euclidean algorithm, mathematical table, common logarithm, numeral system.

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