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  2. Tally marks - Wikipedia

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    However, the box tally and dot-and-dash tally characters were not accepted for encoding, and only the five ideographic tally marks (正 scheme) and two Western tally digits were added to the Unicode Standard in the Counting Rod Numerals block in Unicode version 11.0 (June 2018). Only the tally marks for the numbers 1 and 5 are encoded, and ...

  3. Tally counter - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. History of ancient numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    In the Etruscan system, the symbol 1 was a single vertical mark, the symbol 10 was two perpendicularly crossed tally marks, and the symbol 100 was three crossed tally marks (similar in form to a modern asterisk *); while 5 (an inverted V shape) and 50 (an inverted V split by a single vertical mark) were perhaps derived from the lower halves of ...

  5. Counting Rod Numerals - Wikipedia

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    Tally marks", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals L2/16-065 Lunde, Ken; Miura, Daisuke (2016-03-14), Proposal to encode two Western-style tally marks

  6. Tally - Wikipedia

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    Tally marks, a form of numeral used in a unary numeral system, most useful in counting or tallying ongoing results, such as the score in a game or sport; Tally sort, a computer science counting and sorting algorithm; Tally stick, an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages

  7. Tally stick - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of numeral system topics - Wikipedia

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    Radix, radix point, mixed radix, base (mathematics); Unary numeral system (base 1) . Tally marks – Numeral form used for counting; Binary numeral system (base 2); Negative base numeral system (base −2)

  9. Prehistoric counting - Wikipedia

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    Counting in prehistory was first assisted by using body parts, primarily the fingers.This is reflected in the etymology of certain number names, such as in the names of ten and hundred in the Proto-Indo-European numerals, both containing the root *dḱ also seen in the word for "finger" (Latin digitus, cognate to English toe).

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