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(thing) by rodbegbie (?) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 8:58:19

Can be used to spell out a limited lexicon of words when the display is upside down.

0 = O
1 = I
2 = Z
3 = E
4 = H
5 = S
6 = G
7 = L
8 = B
9 = erm...

Examples include 0.7734 and 5318008.

(idea) by Jargon (1.8 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 5:32:25

calculator [Cambridge] n.

Syn. for bitty box.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:19:04

Cal"cu*la*tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. calculateur.]

One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.

Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke.

Windows calculator	Camel Book	bitty box	HP48GX
11669 * 3 = 35007	TI-89	Logarithm algorithm	HP49G
Taylor polynomial	Words that can be written on a calculator	TI-86	C++
Abacus	computer	reverse Polish notation	7734.40
GNU BC	Good thing they were just typewriters	Ekadhikina Purvena	BODMAS
HP	Learn how to spell	How to encode a message in a deck of cards	April 9, 2006

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