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Tally marks, also called hash marks, are a form of numeral used for counting. They can be thought of as a unary numeral system . They are most useful in counting or tallying ongoing results, such as the score in a game or sport, as no intermediate results need to be erased or discarded.
Tally Holmes, an African American tennis player in the 1910s and 1920s; Tally Monastyryov (1939–2011), Soviet alpine skier; Tally Sneddon (1914–1995), Scottish professional football wing half and manager; Tally Stevens (1923–1995), Floyd C. "Tally" Stevens, the head coach for Brigham Young University Cougars football team from 1959–1960
Tally-ho dates from around 1772, and is probably derived from the French taïaut, a cry used to excite hounds when hunting deer. [1]Taïaut may have originated in the second half of the 13th century by the concatenation of a two-word war-cry: taille haut, where "taille" is the cutting edge of a sword and "haut" means high or 'raised up'.
The single tally stick was an elongated piece of bone, ivory, wood, or stone which is marked with a system of notches (see: Tally marks). The single tally stick serves predominantly mnemonic purposes. Related to the single tally concept are messenger sticks (used by, e.g., Inuit tribes), the knotted cords, khipus or quipus, as used by the Inca.
A tally counter is a mechanical, electronic, or software device used to incrementally count something, typically fleeting. One of the most common things tally counters are used for is counting people, animals, or things that are coming and going from some location.
I want to stress the word felony offenses.” The legislation would essentially fine sheriffs 15% of their shared revenue dollars if they refuse to cooperate with ICE or refuse to tally illegal ...
In a television studio, a tally light (or on air indicator) is a small signal lamp on a professional video camera or monitor. It is usually located just above the lens or on the electronic viewfinder (EVF) and communicates, for the benefit of those in front of the camera as well as the camera operator , that the camera is live (i.e. its signal ...
A running total or rolling total is the summation of a sequence of numbers which is updated each time a new number is added to the sequence, by adding the value of the new number to the previous running total.