Could 2,000-year-old machine from tomb in China be world’s earliest binary computer?

Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China ...
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The Soviet Computer That Refused to Count Like Everyone Else

Thus was born Setun, the world’s first ternary computer—a machine that did not merely tweak binary logic but openly defied it ...
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Ti Hua Ji: World’s earliest computer is a silk loom built in China 2000 years ago

The world's earliest computer was a silk loom built in China over two millennia ago, according to a claim made by China's ...
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2,000-year-old machine found in China tomb could be binary computer

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations automatically and produces results.By this fundamental definition, China's ...

2,000-year-old machine found in western China tomb could be a binary computer: authorities

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient ...
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binary computer

(1) A regular computer. The term binary computer may refer to a "classical" computer, meaning "not" a quantum computer. See quantum computing. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...
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Binary Code Explained: What It Is And Why Computers Depend On It

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you don't already know how computers work, it may seem like an unapproachable subject. It's the kind of high-level science and math that ...