Computing - Computer and Mechanization of Process

Basic computing starts with counting. To record counting, our ancestors
used "Grooves filled with pebbles".
pebble pebble pebble pebble pebble pebble
Say, 6 or Six, yes - Exactly you did counting. 6 or Six is we are
taught to add meaning but dont know what meaning it conveyed for
our ancestors because the symbol "6" came in to use latter part only.
Counting the basic arithmetic are taught to us.

Later similar grooves with pebbles should be counted all together,
5 grooves with 10 pebbles each adds to 50 or 5 x 10 = 50.
Multiplication the complex arithmetic are taught to us.
Hope you follow multiplication is the first mechanic process
with reference to counting.

Sir Napier introduced Logarithmic and Anti-logarithmic method to
do mechanicaly multiplication. Take logarithm of Muliplicand and
Multiplier separately, add the resultan logarithmic values and
take anti-log of values which will give you result of multiplication
by mechanial look-up of Logarithmic and Anti-Logarithmic tables.

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