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The astrolabe was the first computer. It was first used around 150 BC to determine the location of a person in relation to the sun or the stars. It had calculable positions that gave data in relation to many different variables. It was the first programmable instrument. It was mainly used to navigate the seas.
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∙ 14y agoPrior to 25 years ago I had no experience of typewriters etc until I worked in a legal office on a 'computer' that had a screen and a keyboard, but we always called it the 'mainframe'. Will this start the ball rolling for answers?
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∙ 12y agoThe first computer was in 1946, so anything before that was not a computer as we know it today. There was a Greek device that some historians think may have been a form of a computer, but we still aren't sure how it worked.
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∙ 14y agothe term computer as used today commonly refers to
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∙ 12y agogoverment and power plants
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Did they have computers in the olden days?
Computing devices, yes, computers, no.
Historically how has computers been used?
in the olden days they used computers to type and do math problems and that's it!!!! that's why today we are glad to have such advanced computers
What is another word for yester year?
Olden days
What will happen when there is no Internet?
Just think back to olden days, they had no computers. We depend on computers for research and gaining extra knowledge. No computers will means reading books for knowledge, storing information on paper and using filing for database work. In my eyes, if we had no computers, companies will not be what they are.
What was school like in the olden days?
I am pretty sure... that in the olden days, school was... OLD.And they used canes, and little black board things to write on (no joking for that part. im pretty sure it was like that lol)
Did they have computers in the olden days?
Computing devices, yes, computers, no.
Historically how has computers been used?
in the olden days they used computers to type and do math problems and that's it!!!! that's why today we are glad to have such advanced computers
What is a dryer called in the olden days?
Wind..hello.
What was a cameras called in the olden days?
the hasnat box
What is a leather maker called in the olden days?
tatter
What were stores called in the olden days?
mercantile commissary canteen
Who made computers in the olden days?
The same way the new ones do, just slower, smaller hard drives and heavier
Did the doctors have needles in the olden days?
yes they did have needles in the olden days
What were the shops like in the olden days?
what were shops like in the olden days
What was Belgium called in the olden days?
Earlier Beligium was known as Gallia Belgica.
What were row boats called in the olden days?
Higgins boats oh yeahs
A sentence using a word of acrobat?
An acrobat was called a tumbler in the olden days
