Abacus
noun
A tool used for making calculations, with rods and movable beads.
In ancient times, merchants used an abacus to add and subtract numbers.
noun
The topmost member of a column (in architecture), serving as a table for the capital.
The abacus of the Doric order is almost square.
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noun
A tool used for making calculations, with rods and movable beads.
In ancient times, merchants used an abacus to add and subtract numbers.
noun
The topmost member of a column (in architecture), serving as a table for the capital.
The abacus of the Doric order is almost square.
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Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Calculation Device
An abacus is an ancient counting device, not a modern calculator.
Back in my grandmother's school, every student had an abacus.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Interaction
Using an abacus involves manually moving beads; it's tactile.
I learned basic arithmetic by sliding beads on an abacus.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Importance
The abacus was essential before digital calculators; it's a piece of history.
The museum's math exhibit features an ancient Roman abacus.
Pro Tip 1/3Calculation Device
An abacus is an ancient counting device, not a modern calculator.
Back in my grandmother's school, every student had an abacus.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Interaction
Using an abacus involves manually moving beads; it's tactile.
I learned basic arithmetic by sliding beads on an abacus.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Importance
The abacus was essential before digital calculators; it's a piece of history.
The museum's math exhibit features an ancient Roman abacus.
Pro Tip 1/3Calculation Device
An abacus is an ancient counting device, not a modern calculator.
Back in my grandmother's school, every student had an abacus.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Interaction
Using an abacus involves manually moving beads; it's tactile.
I learned basic arithmetic by sliding beads on an abacus.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Importance
The abacus was essential before digital calculators; it's a piece of history.
The museum's math exhibit features an ancient Roman abacus.
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Want interstellar...
the revolution will not be televised these are things that build up on each other when we look at radical leaps in mathematics so we can start counting on our toes right then we get to an abacus then we can get to a computer these are things that are discontinuities these are changes that happen radical leaps
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In the war for...
that they'll make today's fastest supercomputer look useless in comparison. In fact, for certain problems that are of great interest to us, today's fastest supercomputer is closer to an abacus than to a quantum computer. That's right, I'm talking about those little wooden things with the beads.
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How to fix a broken...
In the context of effective learning, one of the things people talk about is hands-on learning. Children shouldn't memorize things from books, they should do activities, and that's a more effective way to learn. Which basically means giving students things like beads, learning rods, abacuses.
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Cloud Computing in 90...
so what's the big idea about cloud computing to understand it you have to go backwards a long ways ever since people have that stuff they've had to figure out ways of tracking it counting on fingers didn't get you very far so 5,000 years ago they invented the abacus and while abacus is
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3 psychological tricks...
We aren't machines. We don't carry around an abacus every day, adding up what we're spending, in comparison to what we wanted. But what our brains are very good at is counting up the number of times we've done something. So I gave myself a limit.
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The promise of quantum...
than current computers are from the abacus." It'll take time to make the necessary workflow integrations. It'll take time to onboard the right talent. Most importantly, it'll take time, not to mention vision and imagination,
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How transistors work -...
machines that perform mathematical operations. The earliest computers were manual counting devices, like the abacus, while later ones used mechanical parts. What made them computers was having a way to represent numbers
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Double the Lion Prides –...
pride but only of which four are adults sorry five are adults my abacus is a bit rusty clearly I'm still astounded at how Tristan found these guys in here this morning he did an incredibly good job
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Shimon Schocken: The...
then we'll buy a normal F.M. radio. And that's me, I was going to say holding my first abacus, but actually holding what my father would consider an ample substitute to an iPad.
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How AI could become an...
Ever since computers were invented, we've been trying to make them smarter and more powerful. From the abacus, to room-sized machines,
Video examples
Want interstellar...
the revolution will not be televised these are things that build up on each other when we look at radical leaps in mathematics so we can start counting on our toes right then we get to an abacus then we can get to a computer these are things that are discontinuities these are changes that happen radical leaps
Video examples
In the war for...
that they'll make today's fastest supercomputer look useless in comparison. In fact, for certain problems that are of great interest to us, today's fastest supercomputer is closer to an abacus than to a quantum computer. That's right, I'm talking about those little wooden things with the beads.
Video examples
How to fix a broken...
In the context of effective learning, one of the things people talk about is hands-on learning. Children shouldn't memorize things from books, they should do activities, and that's a more effective way to learn. Which basically means giving students things like beads, learning rods, abacuses.
Video examples
Cloud Computing in 90...
so what's the big idea about cloud computing to understand it you have to go backwards a long ways ever since people have that stuff they've had to figure out ways of tracking it counting on fingers didn't get you very far so 5,000 years ago they invented the abacus and while abacus is
Video examples
3 psychological tricks...
We aren't machines. We don't carry around an abacus every day, adding up what we're spending, in comparison to what we wanted. But what our brains are very good at is counting up the number of times we've done something. So I gave myself a limit.
Video examples
The promise of quantum...
than current computers are from the abacus." It'll take time to make the necessary workflow integrations. It'll take time to onboard the right talent. Most importantly, it'll take time, not to mention vision and imagination,
Video examples
How transistors work -...
machines that perform mathematical operations. The earliest computers were manual counting devices, like the abacus, while later ones used mechanical parts. What made them computers was having a way to represent numbers
Video examples
Double the Lion Prides –...
pride but only of which four are adults sorry five are adults my abacus is a bit rusty clearly I'm still astounded at how Tristan found these guys in here this morning he did an incredibly good job
Video examples
Shimon Schocken: The...
then we'll buy a normal F.M. radio. And that's me, I was going to say holding my first abacus, but actually holding what my father would consider an ample substitute to an iPad.
Video examples
How AI could become an...
Ever since computers were invented, we've been trying to make them smarter and more powerful. From the abacus, to room-sized machines,
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Steve Mann
Canadian Scientist
If you look through the history of wearables, I was named the father of wearable computing, or the world's first cyborg. But the definition of wearable computing can be kind of fuzzy itself. Thousands of years ago, in China, people would wear an abacus around their neck - that, in one sense, was a wearable computer.
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June Brown
English Actress
In 1930, when I was three and my sister was four, my father sent us to Miss Tracy's, a little 'dame's school' in Ipswich. I do remember playing with an abacus. He took us away after a term because he thought we weren't learning anything.
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Jan Koum
American Businessman
I didn't have a computer until I was 19 - but I did have an abacus.
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Conan O'Brien
American Entertainer
I have an abacus at home.
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Steve Mann
Canadian Scientist
If you look through the history of wearables, I was named the father of wearable computing, or the world's first cyborg. But the definition of wearable computing can be kind of fuzzy itself. Thousands of years ago, in China, people would wear an abacus around their neck - that, in one sense, was a wearable computer.
Quote examples
June Brown
English Actress
In 1930, when I was three and my sister was four, my father sent us to Miss Tracy's, a little 'dame's school' in Ipswich. I do remember playing with an abacus. He took us away after a term because he thought we weren't learning anything.
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Jan Koum
American Businessman
I didn't have a computer until I was 19 - but I did have an abacus.
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Conan O'Brien
American Entertainer
I have an abacus at home.
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