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A system for lying to the future in a way it can still understand you.
means A system of symbols or marks used to represent information, like music, math, or chemistry, so it can be written down and read by someone else.
from From Latin 'notatio' meaning a marking or designating, from 'notare' (to mark), itself from 'nota' — a mark, sign, or note. The same root gave English 'note' and 'notable.' Romans used 'nota' for shorthand marks scribes scratched beside text, so the word has always meant a small sign standing in for a bigger thought.
- arabic numerals
- Beat roman numerals mainly because zero made arithmetic possible.
- music notation
- Took over 500 years to standardize the five-line staff.
- chess notation
- Lets you replay a 1858 game move by move today.
- calculus clash
- Leibniz's dy/dx beat Newton's dots because it scaled better.