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The ten symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 **Arabic numerals** are the ten [digits](/wiki/Numerical_digit "Numerical digit"): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The term often implies a [decimal](/wiki/Decimal "Decimal") [number](/wiki/Number "Number") written using these digits ( in particular when contrasted with _[Roman numerals](/wiki/Roman_numerals "Roman numerals")_ ). However, the term can also refer to the digits themselves, such as in the statement "[octal](/wiki/Octal "Octal") numbers are written using Arabic numerals." The numerals were developed in "Maghreb" the Western Arabic World. It was in the [Algeria](/wiki/Algeria "Algeria") city of [Bejaia](/wiki/Bejaia "Bejaia") that the [Italian](/wiki/Italian_people "Italian people") scholar [Fibonacci]( /wiki/Fibonacci "Fibonacci") first encountered the numerals; his work was crucial in making them known throughout Europe. [1] European trade, books, and [colonialism](/wiki/Colonialism "Colonialism") helped popularize the adoption of Arabic numerals around the world. The numerals have found worldwide use significantly beyond the contemporary [spread of the Latin alphabet](/wiki/Spread_of_the_Latin_alphabet "Spread of the Latin alphabet"), intruding into the writing systems in regions where other numerals had been in use, such as [Chinese ](/wiki/Chinese_numerals "Chinese numerals") and [Japanese](/wiki/Japanese_numerals "Japanese numerals") writing. Alternative names are _Western Arabic Numerals_ and _Ghubari Numerlas_. [Unicode](/wiki/Unicode "Unicode") just uses the unadorned term _digits_.[2]