The first mechanical calculating machine was made by ________________________?
Correct answer: C. Blaise Pascal
- A. William Oughtred
- B. Gottfried Leibnitz
- C. Blaise Pascal
- D. Charles Babbage
Explanation
Blaise Pascal built the Pascaline in the 1640s, widely regarded in standard computer-history questions as the first mechanical calculating machine. Leibniz and Babbage developed later calculating machines, while Oughtred created the slide rule.
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