Top of page 6: 'I wrote "The calculation before we went digital", but the digital age started when the first man has counted some objects with the fingers (digitus in Latin means finger). ... With the digital system the numbers are represented by single units, such as the bead of the abacus or a number:
counting the same stones'
The author then goes through pages describing pre-computer digital systems, including the pascaline, with 'a digital display of the sixteen century'.
Top of page 6: 'I wrote "The calculation before we went digital", but the digital age started when the first man has counted some objects with the fingers (digitus in Latin means finger). ... With the digital system the numbers are represented by single units, such as the bead of the abacus or a number: counting the same stones'
The author then goes through pages describing pre-computer digital systems, including the pascaline, with 'a digital display of the sixteen century'.