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The abacus (plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool that was

in use in Europe, China and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the written HinduArabic
numeral system and is still used by merchants, traders and clerks in some parts of Eastern Europe,
Russia, China and Africa.

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