Competitions between the abacus and the calculator became common events. A competition between a Japanese store clerk's abacus and an American military computer was held in 1946. The winner by a hair, for speed and accuracy, was the abacus, a conclusion that left the Americans wide-eyed and speechless.
日本在一九四六年時，以雜貨店職員的算盤與美國大兵的電算機競賽，結果算盤不論在速度及正確性都略勝一籌，令美國人瞠目不已。