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<p>An <b>abacus</b> ( <b>abaci</b> or <b>abacuses</b>), also called a <b>counting frame</b>, is a <a href="page.php?w=hand">hand</a>-operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times, in the <a href="page.php?w=ancient_Near_East">ancient Near East</a>, Europe, China, and Russia, until largely replaced by handheld electronic <a href="page.php?w=calculator">calculator</a>s, during the 1980s, with some ongoing attempts to revive their use. An abacus consists of a two-dimensional array of <a href="page.php?w=Sliding_%28motion%29">slidable</a> <a href="page.php?w=beads">beads</a></p><p>
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