quipu
/kē′poo͞/
noun
  1. calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records
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Dictionary.com
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QUIPU Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
QUIPU definition: a device consisting of a cord with knotted strings of various colors attached, used by the ancient Peruvians for recording events, keeping accounts, etc. See examples of quipu used in a sentence.
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GitHub
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qunup (Qun Wei) · GitHub
qunup has 4 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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Merriam-Webster
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QUIPU Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of QUIPU is a device made of a main cord with smaller varicolored cords attached and knotted and used by the ancient Peruvians (as for calculating).
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Blogger
hawaiigardening.blogspot.com › 2007 › 10 › kupukupu.html
HAWAII GARDENING: Kupukupu
Here on the east side of the Big Island, ferns grow in abundance. Some are native, some not. An indigenous fern that is easy to grow is kupu...
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Britannica
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Quipu | Definition, Knots, Inca, Significance, & Facts | Britannica
July 20, 1998 - A quipu is an accounting apparatus used by Andean peoples from 2500 BCE, especially during the Inca empire of the 15th and 16th centuries. It consisted of a long textile cord (called a top, or primary, cord) with a varying number of pendant ...
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Salkantay Trekking
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The Art of the Quipu
September 3, 2025 - Quipu or Quipo, in the Quechua language, khipu, is described in the dictionary as an instrument used in the past by the Incas
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Simple English Wikipedia
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Quipu - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 21, 2025 - Quipu are ancient Andean tools for recording information. They were most famously used by the Inca Empire. Quipu are made from colored strings which are knotted in different ways.
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Tumblr
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Sumerian Date Pastries (qullupu) – @peashooter85 on Tumblr
💬 1 🔁 57 ❤️ 130 · Sumerian Date Pastries (qullupu) · Today, I’m making some date-filled cookies described as being votive religious offerings to the Sumerian deity Inanna (also known as Ishtar -…
Published   May 4, 2021
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Quneup
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Home - QuneUp® | Equipment Data Software Solution
August 28, 2024 - QuneUp is a data-driven software tool that reduces equipment downtime by enabling access to critical data.
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Euler's Formula
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The Quipu (Quipus) Pre Incan Data Structure. 5000 years old Caral
The Quipu or Kipu. pre-Inca data structure, is a system of knotted cords used by the Incas to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization. Geometry from the Land of the Incas. Antonio Gutierrez.
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Blogger
the-world-that-was.blogspot.com › 2021 › 02 › the-world-that-was-sumerian-date-filled.html
The World That Was - Sumerian Date-Filled Pastries (qullupu)
February 26, 2021 - Hello and Welcome to The World That Was! Today, I'm making some date-filled cookies described as being votive religious offerings to the Su...
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Medium
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Quipu | Three-Dimensional Writing System | by Living Things Studio | Medium
February 5, 2024 - The quipu code is a language system using knotted strings, which was used by ancient cultures of the Andean region of South America, notably the Inca Empire. Considered a form of writing, it…
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Smithsonian Institution
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Quipu | Smithsonian Institution
These talking knots, were recording devices used by the Inka Empire.
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TreXperience
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Quipu: The Secret Language of Incan Knots | TreXperience
June 16, 2025 - Discover the quipu: the Inca's ingenious, knot-based calculator that organized data, records, and calculations across an empire.
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Q-UP Wiki
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Q-UP Wiki
Welcome to the Q-UP Wiki, a collaborative wiki resource that is open for anyone to edit!
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Wikipedia
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Quipu (supercluster) - Wikipedia
December 20, 2025 - Quipu is a large-scale superstructure of galaxies of the Universe, a wall of galaxies or galaxy hypercluster composed of knots of galaxy clusters. As of 2025, it is the largest known structure in the Universe, some 1.3 billion light years long (1.3×109 light-years (7.6×1021 mi; 1.2×1022 ...
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Peabody Harvard
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Quipu
Important Note about Historical Language · Collections records may contain language, reflecting past collecting practices and methods of analysis, that is no longer acceptable. The Peabody Museum is committed to addressing the problem of offensive and discriminatory language present in its ...
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Machu Trave Peru
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What is Quipu? - Machu Travel Peru | Luxury Tours & Travel Packages to Peru
August 8, 2024 - Just as some ancient cultures had their languages and registration systems, the Incas were no exception. The ancient Inca Empire did not have a written system or language to give us an idea about their lives. We can only rely on those stories and customs that were passed orally.