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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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