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His invention of the punched card tabulating machine marks the beginning of the era of semiautomatic data processing systems, and his concept dominated that landscape for nearly a century. | His invention of the punched card tabulating machine marks the beginning of the era of semiautomatic data processing systems, and his concept dominated that landscape for nearly a century. | ||
On September 23, 1884, a patent was filed for Hollerith's tabulating machine. Hollerith's machines were used in the 1890 US Census and in 1924 he and others formed the company that would become IBM. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1522: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] uses [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] to predict the birth of Herman Hollerith. | File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1522: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] uses [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] to predict the birth of Herman Hollerith. | ||
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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith Herman Hollerith] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith Herman Hollerith] @ Wikipedia | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:36, 17 September 2021
Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was an American inventor who developed an electromechanical punched card tabulator to assist in summarizing information and, later, accounting.
He was the founder of The Tabulating Machine Company that was consolidated in 1911 with three other companies to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, later renamed IBM.
Hollerith is regarded as one of the seminal figures in the development of data processing.
His invention of the punched card tabulating machine marks the beginning of the era of semiautomatic data processing systems, and his concept dominated that landscape for nearly a century.
On September 23, 1884, a patent was filed for Hollerith's tabulating machine. Hollerith's machines were used in the 1890 US Census and in 1924 he and others formed the company that would become IBM.
In the News
1522: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé uses judicial astrology to predict the birth of Herman Hollerith.
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External links
- Herman Hollerith @ Wikipedia