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Tabulating machine

The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census. Later models were widely used for business applications such as accounting and inventory control. It spawned a class of…

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accountinginstance ofLater models were widely used for business applications0.80text
inventory controlinstance ofLater models were widely used for business applications0.80text
genderinstance ofinspired by conductors using holes punched in different positions on a railway ticket to record traveler details0.80text
approximate ageinstance ofinspired by conductors using holes punched in different positions on a railway ticket to record traveler details0.80text
invented the recording of data on a machine-readable mediuminstance ofinspired by conductors using holes punched in different positions on a railway ticket to record traveler details0.80text
Jacquard loomsinstance ofto drive programmed machines0.80text
1949 IBM 407instance ofculminating in tabulators0.80text
1952 Remington Rand 409instance ofculminating in tabulators0.80text
the IBM 1401instance ofTabulating machines continued to be used well after the introduction of commercial electronic computers in the 1950s.Many applications using unit record tabulators were migrated…0.80text
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Tabulating machinerelated to Following the 1890 censusThe Hollerith Electric Tabulating0.60section

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