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How the Abacus Beat Early Computers
“In 1946, a soroban abacus defeated a U.S. Army electric calculator in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The story of how humans learned to think in systems long before silicon.”
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Why Digital Computing Started With Hands
“Your smartphone runs on the same logic as an 8th-century monk's hands. Long before silicon chips, humans used fingers as memory, storage, and calculation.”
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