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A fundamental difference between a calculator and most computers is that calculators typically operate in Binary-coded decimal rather than binary as do computers. Also, the market for calculators is extremely price-sensitive; typically the user cares primarily about what is the least expensive model having a specific feature set, but does not care much about speed (since speed is primarily constrained by how fast the user can press the buttons). Thus designers of calculators strive to minimize the number of logic elements on the chip, no ...

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