abacus
calculating tool
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Summary
abacus ranks in the top 0.57% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,800 views/month, #446 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: physical tool[2]
- Has use: Cálculo[3]
- Commons category: Abacus[4]
- Unicode character: 🧮[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Abacus[6]
- Commons gallery: Abacus[7]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], The Encyclopedia Americana[14], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15], The New Student's Reference Work[16], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18], Pauly–Wissowa[19]
- Topic has template: Template:Abacus[20]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02666196-n[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[23]
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Influence
Things named for abacus include Abaqus[24], a simulation software[25], founded in 1978[26] and mental abacus[27], a mental calculation[28].
Why It Matters
abacus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] abacus is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for abacus include Abaqus[24], a simulation software[25], founded in 1978[26] and mental abacus[27], a mental calculation[28].