2007-02-19 23:21:19 · 5 answers · asked by Vakati 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The numbers on a computer are opposite those of a calculator or phone because (believe it or not) IBM copyrighted the layout of the number pad on their early keypunch machines! That was at least back in the 50s - maybe earlier - but I remember learning it in one of my computer science classes. As a result, when touch-tone keypads came along, they had to use a different layout than the keypunch machines, and Ma Bell chose to reverse the layout.
2007-02-19 23:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-28 03:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by Lora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The numbers on computers are the way they are because it makes sense. The numbers on phones are reversed so that 0 can be beside 9, because that is the way they were for technical reasons on rotary phones.
2007-02-19 23:45:08 · answer #3 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has crossed my concepts in some unspecified time sooner or later. by using fact one time while i replaced into doing calculations, I saved hitting the incorrect numbers by using fact i'm used to a telephone. i think of it quite is by using fact the numbers a million & 0 are the main many times used numbers in calculations so they cause them to subsequently. :)
2016-12-17 14:28:55 · answer #4 · answered by zabel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your are working on calculator and chatting on phone.
2007-02-19 23:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by fairy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋