ABACIST
Noun. Late Middle English.
[medieval Latin abacista]
A person who makes calculations with an abacus
As a child, I was a keen reader of Arthur C Clarke, and this word immediately reminds me of his short story
Into the Comet. In it, a spaceship's computer
malfunctions and is unable to make the calculations necessary for it to return home. Facing certain death, the crew of the ship form a ramshackle production line of
abacists, and are able to replicate the calculations of the computer and complete their mission safely.
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