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Abacus

An abacus (pl. abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a hand-operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times, in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until largely replaced by handheld electronic calculators, during the 1980s, with some ongoing attempts to revive their use. An abacus consists of a two-dimensional…

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Hanyu Pinyin
suànpán
Hokkien POJ
sǹg-pôaⁿ
IPA
[swân.pʰǎn] · [syn˧pʰun˧˥]
Jyutping
syun3-pun4
Literal meaning
"calculating tray"
Simplified Chinese
算盘

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Abacus

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Triples113
Avg. degree1.99
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Abacus

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related to Etymology · 40
Abacus → AD, Alef, Alternatively, Arial, Biblical, Both, Cardo, David, David CLM, David Libre, Ezra SIL, Ezra SIL SR, Frank Ruehl CLM, FreeSans, FreeSerif, Gisha, Greek, Hadasim CLM, Hebr, Hebrew
related to External links · 17
Abacus → AbaciEsaulov, Abacus ManualMin MultimediaStephenson, Ancient Computing, Bead, Bead ArithmeticHeffelfinger, Cabrera, Counting Board AbacusGallery, Gary Flom, Guide, History, How, Jesús, Mystery, Stephen Kent, The Eastern Abacus, Totton, Vladimir
related to India · 13
Abacus → Around, Buddhist, CE, Hindu, India, Indian, Indian Abacus, It, Sanskrit, Since, The Abhidharmakośabhāṣya, Vasubandhu, Vasumitra
related to Visually impaired users · 8
Abacus → Although, An, Blind, Cranmer, Many, Nemeth, The, Tim Cranmer
related to Neurological analysis · 7
Abacus → Abacus-based, AMC, It, Learning, People, Since, They
related to Nano-abacus · 3
Abacus → Atomic-scale, IBM, The
related to School abacus · 3
Abacus → Around, In Western, Russian
IPA · 2
Abacus → [swân.pʰǎn], [syn˧pʰun˧˥]
related to Binary abacus · 2
Abacus → ASCII, The
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Abacus → suànpán

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beads used use one system roman bead abacuses ancient china number chinese counting calculations century using may decimal russian similar

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AbacusHanyu Pinyinsuànpán1.00infobox
AbacusHokkien POJsǹg-pôaⁿ1.00infobox
AbacusIPA[swân.pʰǎn]1.00infobox
AbacusIPA[syn˧pʰun˧˥]1.00infobox
AbacusJyutpingsyun3-pun41.00infobox
AbacusLiteral meaning"calculating tray"1.00infobox
AbacusSimplified Chinese算盘1.00infobox
AbacusTraditional Chinese算盤1.00infobox
AbacusTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinsuànpánIPA[swân.pʰǎn]Yue: CantoneseYale Romanizationsyun-pùhnJyutpingsyun3-pun4IPA[syn˧pʰun˧˥]Southern MinHokkien POJsǹg-pôaⁿTâi-lôs…1.00infobox
AbacusTâi-lôsǹg-puânn1.00infobox
AbacusYale Romanizationsyun-pùhn1.00infobox
base teninstance ofallowing faster manipulation.Each rod typically represents one digit of a multi-digit number laid out using a positional numeral system0.80text

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