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A scientific calculator is a type of electronic calculator, usually but not always handheld, designed to calculate problems in science, engineering, andmathematics. They have almost completely replaced slide rules in almost all traditional applications, and are widely used in both education and professional settings.

In certain contexts such as higher education, scientific calculators have been superseded by graphing calculators, which offer a superset of scientific calculator functionality along with the ability to graph input data and write and store programs for the device. There is also some overlap with the financial calculator market.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_calculator

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