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<p>to change.</p>

<p>Hardware is typically directed by the software to execute any command or <a href="page.php?w=Instruction_%28computing%29">instruction</a>. A combination of hardware and software forms a usable <a href="page.php?w=computing">computing</a> system, although <a href="page.php?w=Digital_electronics">other systems</a> exist with only hardware.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>Some of the earliest computing devices date back to the seventeenth century. For example, in 1642, French mathematician <a href="page.php?w=Blaise_Pascal">Blaise Pascal</a></p><p>
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