Title :
Early punched card equipment: 1880-1951 [Scanning Our Past]
Author :
Pugh, Emerson W. ; Heide, L.
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;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2012.2232513
