tabula

n. ancient writing-tablet

Tabula was a board game in the tables family, and is generally thought to be the direct ancestor of modern backgammon.The earliest description of tabula is in an epigram of Byzantine Emperor Zeno (476–481), given by Agathias of Myrine (527–567), who describes a game in which Zeno goes from a strong position to a very weak one after an unfortunate dice roll. The rules of Tabula were reconstructed in the 19th century by  Becq de Fouquières based upon this epigram.
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n. tabula, part of the term "tabula rasa"

v. tabulate, arrange information into rows and columns, arrange in the form of a chart

v. tab; tabulate, arrange information into rows and columns, arrange in the form of a chart