... . Early merchants used the abacus to keep trading transactions. Then came Blaise Pascal with the Pascaline, a machine that could computer fast, but only add. Following him was Colmar with his calculator and ultimately, the first version of the modern computer as we know it today by Charles Babbage. From then began a race . A race for technology, a race that would give rise to ... ...

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