[DOC] [TLE] Abacus - Wikipedia [PAR] The abacus (plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a 
calculating tool that ... The Latin word came from Greek  abax which means 
something without base, and improperly, any piece of rectangular board or plank. 
... Tablet), dates back to 300 BC, making it the oldest counting board discovered 
so far. [DOC] [TLE] The Abacus: A Brief History - Electrical and Computer Engineering [PAR] Abacus is a Latin word that has its origins in the Greek words abax or ... The 
earliest counting device was the human hand and its fingers, capable of ... Both 
the abacus and the counting board are mechanical aids used for ... The 
exchequer derives is name from the chequered table which was used in 
England from c. [DOC] [TLE] Abacus dictionary definition | abacus defined - YourDictionary [PAR] Classical Latin ; from Classical Greek abax (gen. abakos), counting board, slab ... 
A manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung... [DOC] [TLE] abacus English definition/translation - seadict.com [PAR] A manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung ... [
Middle English, from Latin, from Greek abax, abak-, counting board, perhaps ... 
The multiplication table invented by Pythagoras is called Ab'acus Pythagor'icus. [DOC] [TLE] Abacus - definition of abacus by The Free Dictionary [PAR] A manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods ... [Middle 
English, from Latin, from Greek abax, abak-, counting board, perhaps from a .... 
United States : ABACUS GROUP names New Director of Information Security. [DOC] [TLE] The Dusty Abacus  Forward.com [PAR] Sep 23, 2005 ... The other day, I asked him how he came to choose the name. ... A manual 
computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung ... [Middle 
English, from Latin, from Greek, abax, abak-, counting board, probably... [DOC] [TLE] abacus - American Heritage Dictionary Entry: [PAR] A manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods ... [Middle 
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at an old mechanical calculator it just sits there. ... Developed later, constrained 
bead devices with less arithmetic functionality are also called abaci, e.g., ... Let us 
assume the obvious, that the Roman counting board abacus... [DOC] [TLE] fUSION Anomaly. Abacus [PAR] Aug 1, 2002 ... A manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods ... [Middle 
English, from Latin, from Greek abax, abak-, counting board,... [DOC] [TLE] Mathematical Devices, Early - Dictionary definition of Mathematical ... [PAR] Most early cultures evolved some form of a counting board or abacus to perform 
... The pebbles the ancient Romans used for their counting boards were called 
calculii. ... The Greeks used the word "abax" to denote the surface on which they 
placed ... He accomplished this by inventing a calculating device, "Napier's 
bones,"... [DOC] [TLE] History of Computing - Pre Historic Era 100.000 bc - 1438 bc [PAR] Mar 24, 2010 ... It were mathematicians (called philosophers) that traveled along and passed the 
.... abax counting board abax. Napier bones. More details can be found in the .... 
board, wil be discovered in 1846 on the island of Salamis near Greece. ... It will 
take mechanical engineers (e.g. Cristiaan Huygens) over 1800... [DOC] [TLE] abacus - definition and meaning - Wordnik [PAR] abacus: A manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods ... 
Middle English, from Latin, from Greek abax, abak-, counting board, perhaps from 
... made a mechanical version, with beads sliding in slots, called an abacus. [DOC] [TLE] Abaci Gallery - International Slide Rule Museum [PAR] "Introduction", The Abacus, the Art of Calculating with Beads Fernandes, Luis. ... (
not to be confused by the mechanical Addding Machine of the

Question: The name of this manual computing device is from the Greek abax, or "counting board"
Answer: abacus