Abacus vs Compute - What's the difference?
abacus | compute |
(obsolete) A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. .
A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc.
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave.
A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
To reckon or calculate.
(informal) To make sense.
As a noun abacus
is (obsolete) a table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc .As a verb compute is
.abacus
English
Noun
(en-noun)- I've heard merchants still use an abacus for adding things up in China.
Derived terms
* abacus harmonicusReferences
compute
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Verb
(comput)- Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
- Does that compute , or do I need to explain further?