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Computers and calculators are similar in the sense that both are calculating devices. But what is the difference between a computer and a calculator? Before the advent of computers, calculators were the tools that were made use of by the students to do computation while solving math problems. Not that they are not used these days, in fact, by the time you would switch on your computer, you would have completed the operation on the hand held device known as calculator.
Modern calculators are electronically powered either by dry cell batteries or solar cells. During nineties, there was a calculator in every student's pocket to aid and assist him in carrying out calculations involved in math problems. With modern computers having a built in calculator to carry on basic math operations, calculators have all but gone from households today.
We know that a calculator can work only with numbers. But so can a computer. Modern calculators are extremely fast in carrying out complex calculations.
computer is used for write text file , watch movie , draw picture , listen audio and many more but calculator used for Calculating mathematical instruction or store very small text file ...do not done many more....
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoA calculator is itself a computer. It is designed for a specific task and that is all it can do. Things like washing machines are computers, but are again designed to do a specific task. What we usually refer to as computers have the capabilities to do many different things. That is what makes them different to things like calculators.
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What can calculators do that computers cant do?
Fit in your pocket
Were computers developed from primitive calculators?
yes
How the arithmetic operations are done in digital calculator?
Calculators are no different than computers. The tiny chip use binary to come up with the anwer.
Why do people prefer computers to calculators?
Hi, there. From the beginning of the Internet era to today, the computing power of computers has increased dramatically every year, which satisfies our computing needs because no one is perfect. We are very slow to develop the human brain, and computers can help us do the computing work that people cannot do. So I am very much in favor of computers, and web 3.0 is one of the opportunities for me to keep up with the Internet wave again.
Are mechanical calculators classified as computers and are they universal Turing machines?
No, and no.
What do nutritionist use?
Tools that nutritionists use include computers, different types of calculators, and planners. Most of their tools are electronic or are computer programs and apps.
What element is shiny silvery metal used in computers and calculators?
nickel
What things inside your house use negative numbers?
computers, calculators
In what way do computers think?
They don't think at all, actually. They do math. Computers are just simply fancy calculators.
How is the binary system used today- in at least two different ways?
It is used to run computers. The computer either has a switch on(1) or switch off(0). It is used in most electronics like computers, calculators, and to circulate electriciy.
What has the author C Louis Hohenstein written?
C. Louis Hohenstein has written: 'Using programmable calculators for business' -- subject(s): Business, Data processing, Programmable calculators 'All about hand-held and briefcase-portable computers' -- subject(s): Laptop computers, Pocket computers
Why are you so useless and mathematically inept?
Because computers, iPhones, and calculators do everything for us
