counter

white space that is wholly enclosed by the stroke of a handwritten or typographic letterform

Counter or The Counter may refer to: ==Mathematics and computing== Counter (digital), an electronic circuit that counts rising or falling edges of a clock signal Counter machine, a subclass of register machines Loop counter, the variable that controls the iterations of a loop Jeton, a reckoning counter used on reckoning boards for calculations Mechanical counter, a digital counter using mechanical components Tally counter, a mechanical counting device Web counter, a counter that counts the number of visits to a web page Project COUNTER, a standard for reporting usage statistics of electronic resources People counter, a device used to measure the number of people transversing a certain passage or entrance ==Games and sport== Counter (board wargames), a playing piece used in board wargames Counter run, an offensive play in American football Counter turn, an element in figure skating Counter (collectible card games), a small item used to represent certain objects or conditions in a collectible card game Jones Counter, measures distance bicycles travel ==Linguistics and typography== Counter (typography), an enclosed space in a letter-form Measure word, a type of word in some languages Japanese counter word ==People with the name== Nick Counter (1940–2009), American film and television executive S. Allen Counter (1944–2017), American neuroscientist, polar explorer, and university administrator See also Caunter, an associated surname ==See also== Count (disambiguation) Counting token (disambiguation) Counterflow (disambiguation) Opposition (politics)

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