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<p>1990s, and then <a href="page.php?w=mobile_computing">mobile computers</a> (<a href="page.php?w=smartphone">smartphone</a>s and <a href="page.php?w=tablet_computer">tablets</a>) in the 2000s, became ubiquitous.</p>

<p><big>Early devices</big></p>
<p><big>Ancient and medieval</big></p>
<p>Devices have been used to aid computation for thousands of years, often using <a href="page.php?w=one-to-one_correspondence">one-to-one correspondence</a> with <a href="page.php?w=finger-counting">fingers</a>. The earliest counting device was probably a form of <a href="page.php?w=tally_stick">tally stick</a>.</p><p>
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