3. Abacus-
• Is an ancient calculating device.
• First man made computing device.
• Is still being used in China, Russia and the
Far-east countries for calculations.
7. Punched cards-
• A card punched with holes in certain
places that a computer can read data
coded from the combination of holes.
• This was first used by Joseph Jacquard to
automate his weaving factory.
9. Analytical Engine-
• This was invented by Charles Babbage
who is known as “the father of computers”.
• Designed to store one thousand 50 digit
numbers for calculations and decisions.
11. Tabulating machine-
• This was invented by Herman Hollerith to
tabulate1890 US census (Poll) data.
• It was electrically powered and, used
punched cards.
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