• DocumentCode
    738389
  • Title

    Early punched card equipment: 1880-1951 [Scanning Our Past]

  • Author

    Pugh, Emerson W. ; Heide, L.

  • Volume
    101
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2013
  • Firstpage
    546
  • Lastpage
    552
  • Abstract
    Punched card tabulating equipment, invented and developed by Herman Hollerith, was the first mechanized means for compiling and analyzing statistical information. For over half a century, its continued improvement created and expanded the global information processing industry.
  • Keywords
    punched card equipment; continuous improvement; global information processing industry; punched card tabulating equipment; statistical information analysis; statistical information compilation; Biographies; Computer applications; History; Hollerith, Herman; Programming;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPROC.2012.2232513
  • Filename
    6413212
    • Link To Document
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