Definition:Abacism
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Definition
Abacism means the process of doing arithmetic using an abacus.
Abacist
An abacist is an arithmetician who uses an abacus to do arithmetic, as opposed to an algorist who calculates using algorism.
Also see
The (archaic) term for doing arithmetic in the "conventional" way, by manipulating Arabic numerals (on paper, for example) is algorism.
Sources
- 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.1$: Algorithms