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2. Stepped reckoner - Wikipedia

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   The stepped reckoner or Leibniz calculator was a mechanical calculator invented by the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz around 16 and completed in 1694. [1] The name comes from the translation of the German term for its operating mechanism, Staffelwalze, meaning "stepped drum". It was the first calculator that could perform all ...

3. Pascal's calculator - Wikipedia

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   Pascal's calculator (also known as the arithmetic machine or Pascaline) is a mechanical calculator invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642. Pascal was led to develop a calculator by the laborious arithmetical calculations required by his father's work as the supervisor of taxes in Rouen. [2] He designed the machine to add and subtract two numbers ...

4. Mental calculation - Wikipedia

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   Mental calculation often involves the use of specific techniques devised for specific types of problems. People with unusually high ability to perform mental calculations are called mental calculators or lightning calculator s. Many of these techniques take advantage of or rely on the decimal numeral system.

5. Calculator - Wikipedia

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   An electronic pocket calculator with a seven-segment liquid-crystal display (LCD) that can perform arithmetic operations. A modern scientific calculator with an LCD. An electronic calculator is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics .

6. Scientific calculator - Wikipedia

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   A scientific calculator is an electronic calculator, either desktop or handheld, designed to perform calculations using basic ( addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) and complex ( trigonometric, hyperbolic, etc.) mathematical operations and functions. They have completely replaced slide rules as well as books of mathematical tables ...

7. Graphing calculator - Wikipedia

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   A typical graphing calculator by Texas Instruments. A graphing calculator (also graphics calculator or graphic display calculator) is a handheld computer that is capable of plotting graphs, solving simultaneous equations, and performing other tasks with variables. Most popular graphing calculators are programmable calculators, allowing the user ...