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Line 9: ! Date ! class="unsortable" \| Event ~~\|- valign="top"~~ ~~\| c. {{nowrap\|2500 BC}}~~ \| The [[abacus]], the first known calculator, was probably invented by the [[Babylonians]] as an aid to simple [[arithmetic]] around this time period. It laid the foundations for [[positional notation]] and later [[computing]] developments. \|- valign="top"

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