A type of this counting device is called suan pan in Chinese & soroban in Japanese
The Chinese Abacus is known as the Suan pan ... Soroban is the Abacus that is 
still used today as a counting device as well as a Brain... [DOC] [TLE] The Abacus: A Brief History - Electrical and Computer Engineering [PAR] The abacus is one of many types of counting devices which are used to count 
large numbers.