The action to count is the use of the operations Mathématiques of Addition or Soustraction of the value a.
It acts in this case of an enumeration, used usually to know how much there is object S in a Ensemble of finished size, or to put side a desired Nombre of objects (while starting with for the first object and while continuing with a correspondence a-with-a or bijection ).
To count is also an operation carried out by children or students in Langue) to show their knowledge of the Nombre S. Compter implies sometimes numbers other than one (for example: when money is counted or when one “account by five” -- 5,10,15,20,25…) ; but of the simple numbers (generally of the entireties) are generally used.
There exist archaeological evidence that the human S have been able to count for at least 50.000 years - p.9.
The development of counting led to the development of mathematical notations and to the Numerical system. One started to count, in old the cultures, to keep trace of economic situation , in particular to know the agricultural production and to raise the taxes, for example in the ancient Egypt.
Direction specific to certain professional fields
In Accounts Department , a account represents a type of expenditure or purchase which an economic agent carries out, to which one charges the financial operations. The list of the accounts is referred in a Plan accountant.
In a Bank , a account is allotted to each customer for one or more financial products. It makes it possible to trace the entries, exits and money balances of this customer for this or these products (Compte running, Savings account, Compte of titles, Compte of loan…).
The customer holder of the account is called titular account. If the account is held by several people (account joint between husband, account in Indivision,…), one speaks about Co-holders .
The holder can also give a procuration to thirds which are then agents on the account (they are authorized to possibly carry out certain operations, in some limiting).
The titular customer of an account is also designated like counterpart (in particular in the field of the Risk management of counterpart.
By extension, in the Marketing and the commercial development , one frequently indicates the Client S by the " term; account ". This expression is generally reserved to the large customers, called " large comptes" , in opposition to SME or with TPE.
In Data-processing , one indicates by account the whole of the computer's resources allotted to a user, who can use them only while being identified on the system with his name of user ( to use or login ) and his password. In this field one uses sometimes wrongly the term login to indicate the account itself.
See too
External English references
1 -- Year Introduction to the History off Mathematics (6th Edition) by Howard Eves (1990)
External bonds
- the relation between '' to count '' and '' to tell '', by Bernard Werber
Simple: Counting
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