Device

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Introduction1

Dr. Rachel Winston (YouTube Channel)

Dictionary

computing device : a machine for performing calculations automatically — The Free Dictionary

Encyclopedia

Devices have been used to aid computation for thousands of years, mostly using one-to-one correspondence with fingers. The earliest counting device was probably a form of tally stick. Later record keeping aids throughout the Fertile Crescent included calculi (clay spheres, cones, etc.) which represented counts of items, probably livestock or grains, sealed in hollow unbaked clay containers. — Wikipedia

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Preservation

History

History of Mechanical Calculators (James Redin)
Pre-History of Computing (I-Programmer)
The Alan Kaminsky Museum of Antique Computing Devices (Alan Kaminsky, Rochester Institute of Technology)
Mechanical Calculation Mechanical Machines (Mark Glusker)
Mechanical Computing Devices Timeline (Stephen White)

Library

DDC: 004.9 Non-Electronic Computing (Library Thing)
DDC: 510.284 Slide-rules and Calculators (Library Thing)
DDC: 510.78 Computation Instruments & Machines (Library Thing)

LCC: QA 71 Calculating Instruments and Machines (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: QA 73 Slide-rules (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: QA 75 Calculators (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: QA 71 Calculating Instruments and Machines (Library of Congress)
LCC: QA 73 Slide-rules (Library of Congress)
LCC: QA 75 Calculators (Library of Congress)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching

Organization

The Oughtred Society: Dedicated to the History of Slide Rules and Other Calculating Instruments

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Related

Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Media

Function Communications Computation Storage Creation Simulation
Analog Mail Device Paper Type, Print Automaton
Electronic Network Calculator Tape Record Elektro
Digital Internet Computer
Hardware Modem Microprocessor Memory Peripheral Robot, XR
Software Service (Web) Program (OS, SS) Database Application AI, VW

Format Multimedia (Video, Animation) Image (Object) Scent, Flavor, Audio (Text) Haptic, “Other

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Notes

1.   The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.