DocumentCode
1269866
Title
Shaping a technology: American punched card systems 1880-1914
Author
Heide, Lars
Author_Institution
Inst. of History & Western Civilization, Odense Univ., Denmark
Volume
19
Issue
4
fYear
1997
Firstpage
28
Lastpage
41
Abstract
This paper addresses the initial development of the first punched-card system in the United States in the 1880s and the construction of the next punched-card machine generation, launched in 1907. Finally, aspects of punched-card systems in the 1910s give a perspective on this history
Keywords
history; punched card equipment; American punched card systems; USA; history; punched card machines; technology development; Erbium; History;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/85.627897
Filename
627897
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