Calculator

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A calculator adds and divides,
Subtracts, and finds products, besides.
You can also compute
A percent or square root—
All without an old ruler that slides. —
Jesse Frankovich, calculator, OEDILF

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Introduction¹

Frank M. LoSchiavo (YouTube Channel)
Frank M. LoSchiavo (Official Website)

Dictionary

calculator : a usually electronic device for performing mathematical calculations — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Encyclopedia

Electronic calculator is a portable, usually inexpensive electronic device used to perform the basic operations of arithmetic. Modern calculators are more portable than most computers, though most PDAs are comparable in size to handheld calculators. — Wikipedia

Calculator (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Search

Calculator (WolframAlpha)

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Innovation

Using Built-In Google Calculator (Google Guide)
Google Calculator Cheat Sheet (Google Guide)

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Preservation

History

The first solid state electronic calculator was created in the 1960s, building on the history of tools such as the abacus, developed around 2000 BC; and the mechanical calculator, developed in the 17th century. It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the day. Pocket-sized devices become available in the 1970s, especially after the invention of the microprocessor developed serendipitously by Intel for a Busicom calculator. Modern electronic calculators vary from cheap, give-away, credit-card sized models to sturdy desktop models with built-in printers. They became popular in the mid-1970s as integrated circuits made their size and cost small. By the end of that decade, calculator prices had reduced to a point where a basic calculator was affordable to most and they became common in schools. — Wikipedia

Electronic Calculators: Desktop to Pocket (Engineering and Technology History Wiki)

The Pocket Calculator Race (Vintage Calculators Web Museum)
Vintage Calculators Web Museum

History of Electronic Calculators (James Redin)

Museum

Electronic Calculators—Desktop (National Museum of American History)
Electronic Calculators—Handheld (National Museum of American History)

Old Calculator Museum
Museum of Hewlett Packard Calculators

Library

DDC: 510.284 Calculators (Library Thing)
Subject: Calculators (Library Thing)

Subject: Calculators (Open Library)

LCC: QA 75 Calculating Machines (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: QA 75 Calculating Machines (Library of Congress)
Subject: Calculators (Library of Congress)

Subject: Calculators (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

News

Calculators (JSTOR)
Calculators (NPR Archives)

Government

Document

Calculators (USA.gov)

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Expression

Fun

Calculator spelling is an unintended characteristic of the seven-segments display traditionally used by calculators, in which, when read upside-down, the digits resemble letters of the Latin alphabet. Each digit may be mapped to one or more letters, creating a limited but functional subset of the alphabet, sometimes referred to as beghilos (or beghilosz) — Wikipedia

Museum of Obsolete Objects (YouTube Channel)

344 Words You Can Spell On a Calculator (Math Squad)

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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“