算盘,又称祘盘,是我国劳动人民发明创造的一种简便的计算工具.由于算盘运算方便、快速,一千多年来一直是我国劳动人民普遍使用的计算工具,不仅钱庄、银号、酒楼、粮店、药铺等商家必备,普通家庭也几乎都有一把.即使在计算机已被普遍使用的今天,古老的算盘不仅没有被废弃,反而因它的灵便、准确等优点,在许多国家方兴未艾.因此,人们往往把算盘的发明与中国古代四大发明相提并论,被誉为世界上最早的计算器。 Abacus, also known as Pan disk, is a simple calculation tool invented and created by working people in our country.Because abacus calculation is convenient and fast, it has been a common calculation tool used by working people in our country for more than a thousand years. Not only banks, Even in the days when computers were commonly used, the ancient abacus was not only discarded, but because of its merits, its accuracy, etc., in many countries Therefore, people often compare the invention of abacus with the four ancient Chinese inventions, and are praised as the earliest calculator in the world.