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False. The abacus is much older.

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What were the calculating devices before the invention of computer?

The earliest recorded calculating device is the abacus. Used as a simple computing device for performing arithmetic, the abacus most likely appeared first in Babylonia (now Iraq) over 5000 years ago.


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Abacus was the first calculating device invented by the Chinese.


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the ABACUS. it is also known as the 1st calculating device created by the Chinese. it is also known as the 1st computer.


Why didn't the early calculating device work well?

They were big.


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The earliest computing device?

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First person to conceive of a mechanical computing device?

I recall reading some time ago that the earliest recorded mechanical computing device is the Abacus. The article indicated that the exact time was not determined, but that evidence showed that it appeared at about the same time in both China and in Persia.