Calculator (software)

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Calculator
Image:Apple Calculator.png <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:Calculator Screenshot MacOSX.png Calculator with paper tape enabled</td></tr><tr><th>Developer:</th><td>Apple Computer</td></tr><tr><th>Latest release:</th><td>4.0.5 (4.0.5)) / April 3 2006</td></tr><tr><th>OS:</th><td>Mac OS X</td></tr>
Use:	Math, Calculator <tr><th>License:</th><td>Bundled with Mac OS X</td></tr>
Website:	http://www.apple.com/macosx/

This article is about the calculator application bundled with Mac OS X. For the calculator application bundled with Windows, see Microsoft Calculator.

Calculator is a basic calculator application made by Apple Computer and bundled with Mac OS X. It has three modes: basic, scientific, and programmer. Basic includes a number pad, buttons for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, as well as memory keys. Scientific mode supports exponents and trigonometric functions, and programmer mode gives the user access to more options related to computer programming.

Calculator has Reverse Polish notation support, and can also speak the buttons pressed and result returned.

The calculator also includes some basic conversion functions to convert between units in the following categories:

Area
Currency
Energy or Work
Temperature
Length
Speed
Pressure
Weight/Mass
Power
Volume

Currency exchange rates may be updated from the Internet.

[edit] Dashboard Widget

Image:DashCalc.png

The Dashboard Calculator widget included with Tiger

A Dashboard Calculator widget is included with Mac OS X Tiger. It only has the basic mode of its desktop counterpart.

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