Windows Calculator: Difference between revisions

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The calculators of [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows Vista|Vista]] were able to calculate using numbers beyond 10¹⁰⁰⁰⁰, but calculating with these numbers (e.g. 10^2^2^2^2^2^2^2...) does increasingly slow down the calculator and make it unresponsive until the calculation has been completed.

TheseUnlike are the lastlater versions of Windows Calculator, where calculating with [[Binary number|binary]]/[[decimal]]/[[hexadecimal]]/[[octal]] numbers is included into scientific mode. In Windows 7, they were moved to ''programmer mode'', which is a new separate mode that co-exists with ''scientific mode''.

===Windows 7===

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==Features==

By default, Calculator runs in standard mode, which resembles a four-function calculator. More advanced functions are available in scientific mode, including [[logarithm]]s, [[numerical base]] conversions, some [[logical connective|logical operators]], [[Order of operations|operator precedence]], [[radian]], [[degree (angle)|degree]] and [[gradians]] support as well as simple single-variable [[statistical]] functions. It does not provide support for user-defined functions, [[complex number]]s, storage variables for intermediate results (other than the classic accumulator memory of pocket calculators), automated [[polar coordinates|polar]]-[[cartesian coordinates]] conversion, or support for two-variables statistics.

In addition, the programming mode allows conversions between bases 16, 10, 8, and 2, the most commonly used by programmers. In this mode, the on-screen [[numeric keypad]] includes the hexadecimal digits A through F, which are active when "Hex" is selected. In hex mode, only integers are supported.

Calculator supports [[keyboard shortcut]]s; all Calculator features have an associated keyboard shortcut.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-8|title = Keyboard shortcuts|access-date = 11 March 2013|website = Windows 8 Help|publisher = [[Microsoft]]}}</ref>