The military drove the development of the earliest computers such as the ENIAC, seeking faster, more accurate ways to perform mathematical and scientific calculations.

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Not only that, but he said that he would frequently use his watch to perform some of the calculations slide rule bezels were designed for when he was a Navy pilot.

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By lining up thousands of these bits, a computer can perform complicated mathematical calculations, and even use that ability to do tasks like downloading a Web page and displaying it on a screen.

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