quipu

基本解釋

The Inca scribes (known as armantus) used the quipu (knotted ropes) to record and store information about the immense holdings of the vast Inca empire.
印加抄寫(xiě)員們利用結(jié)繩文字記載遼闊印加帝國(guó)大量財(cái)產(chǎn)的資料。
"The researchers used a computer database developed by Brezine to ascertain that khipu, also known as quipu, may have been used as bureaucratic ledgers.
他們認(rèn)為既然不同的奇譜表示從不同區(qū)域收集到的數(shù)據(jù)，那么，一個(gè)單一的繩結(jié)位于其他結(jié)之上就可能是一個(gè)單詞，表示的是這個(gè)地方自身或財(cái)政數(shù)據(jù)。