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An abacus is a counting board or an ancient version of a calculator. Its first recorded use is by the ancient Sumerians in about 2500 BC. From that time on it seemed that all the ancient cultures used an abacus in some form or another. It is still used in parts of Asia and Africa today. The word itself is from the old Middle English which in turn took it from the Latin.
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How big is an abacus?
They come in various sizes, but a typical abacus is about eight inches square.
What does an abacus have?
An Abacus has beads and strings.
Which dynasty did Abacus come from Shang Zhou Qin or Han?
han,but it was used mostly in ming
What is full form of ABACUS?
ABACUS is a name of a calculating apparatus - it is not an acronym.
What two types of abaci were directly derived from the Chinese abacus?
If you are refering to Chinese abacus their earliest rudimentary design of abacus has 1/4 rod beads (quite similar to the later Japanese soroban abacus). Various other types of abacus design were also seen afterwards, but the advance type of 2/5 rod beads became standard and classic. Afterwards, the basic 1/5 rod beads particularly became the type of basic design. The Roman abacus may be not connected to the Chinese abacus.
