1 gen 1642 anni - Invention of Pascal's Calculator
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- An important invention as Pascal's calculator showed the general public that computers could be used to simplify and improve human tasks and jobs (such as accounting and tax collection)
- Pascal's calculator was the first calculator to have a carry mechanism; when 1 is added to 9, the calculator carries over the 1 to the next digit, and returns the 9 back to 0. The concept of carrying over spread to future calculators and computers
- The invention of Pascal's calculator inspired other mathematicians and inventors to create mechanical calculators and computers (such as Leibniz's calculator), leading to technological advances in the computing world
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