Computing devices or machines are made to be able for us humans to compute and manipulate data more faster and without making our heads aching. Because of the early computing device inventions, evolution of such devices are still happening up until now in our present time.We now have supercomputers, servers, digital calculators, and more advanced computing devices thanks to the early created computing devices.
Now for this top ten article, we are showcasing some of the earliest and oldest computing devices that paved the way to the computing devices that we are enjoying and we are conveniently using today. Have some time to read and check out the 10 listed early computing devices and machines below.
TOP : 10
Device : Hand-cranked Calculator Curta
Date Invented : year 1948
Inventor : Curt Herzstark
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| Hand-cranked Calculator Curta |
TOP : 9
Device : The Water Integrator
Date Invented : year 1936
Inventor : Vladimir Lukyanov
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| The Water Integrator |
TOP : 8
Device : The Mallock Machine
Date Invented : year 1933
Inventor : Rawlyn Richard Manconchy Mallock
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| The Mallock Machine |
TOP : 7
Device : Arithmométre
Date Invented : year 1820
Inventor : Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar
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| Arithmométre |
TOP : 6
Device : Punched Card System
Date Invented : year 1801
Inventor : Joseph-Marie Jacquard
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| Punched Card System |
TOP : 5
Device : Difference engines
Date Invented : year 1800s
Inventor : Charles Babbage
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| Difference engines |
TOP : 4
Device : Stepped Reckoner
Date Invented : year 1694
Inventor : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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| Stepped Reckoner |
TOP : 3
Device : Pascaline or Pascal's Calculator
Date Invented : year 1642
Inventor : Blaise Pascal
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| Pascaline or Pascal's Calculator |
TOP : 2
Device : Chinese Abacus
Date Invented : 2nd century BC
Inventor : Chinese
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| Chinese Abacus |
TOP : 1
Device : Antikythera Mechanism
Date Invented : early 1st century BC
Inventor : Greek scientists
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| Antikythera Mechanism |
Data Sources :
- www.io9.com/the-history-of-early-computing-machines-from-ancient-t-549202742
- www.en.wikipedia.com
Photo Sources :
- www.pinterest.com (10th photo)
- www.theladg.wordpress.com (9th photo)
- www.en.wikipedia.org (8th, 7th, 5th, 4th and 1st photos)
- www.scienceblogs.com (6th photo)
- www.computermuseum.li (3rd photo)
- www.machine-history.com (2nd photo)
Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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