Early Punched Card Equipment: 1880-1951

Emerson W. Pugh, Lars Heide

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    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalProceedings of the IEEE
    Volume101
    Issue number2
    Pages (from-to)546-552
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0018-9219
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2013

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