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1. The word 'computer' comes from the Greek word 'computer' which means '' to calculate ''.
2. In ancient times, people used stones, pebbles or sticks to count things.
3. About 3000 years ago, abacus or the counting frame was invented in china.
4. Napier's bone had set of rods or bones with multiplication tables inscribed on them.
5. An English Mathematician William Oughtred combined the principles of the logarithm and Napier's bones to construct the Slide Rule.
6. A French Mathematician Blaise Pascal invented a machine known as Pascaline in 1642.
7. Jacquard's Punched Cards was based on a principal of present and absence of some holes, in which principle punch-card were developed afterwards.
8. Charles Babbage is known as the father of computer science.
9. Charles Babbage invented two machines i.e i) Difference Engine and ii) Analytical Engine.
10. Lady Ada Lovelace was regarded as the first programmers.