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Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was an American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting.
Herman Hollerith (29 Februari 1860 – 17 November 1929) ialah ahli statistik Amerika Syarikat yang mengembangkan penjadual mekanik berasaskan kad tebuk untuk menjadualkan statistik jutaan data dengan pantas.
Herman Hollerith (born February 29, 1860, Buffalo, New York, U.S.—died November 17, 1929, Washington, D.C.) was an American inventor of a tabulating machine that was an important precursor of the electronic computer.
5 Sep 2023 · Learn about Herman Hollerith, the father of modern automatic computation, who invented the punched card and founded IBM. See his biography, patents, publications, and honors.
Learn how Hollerith invented the punch card tabulating machine in 1888, which revolutionized the 1890 census and led to the founding of I.B.M. The device used punch cards, mercury contacts and dials to count and sort data.
During a short stint compiling manufacturing statistics for the US Census Office, Herman Hollerith grew frustrated with the organization’s manual process of counting questionnaires. The tedious, error-prone labor was creating an operational nightmare for an overtaxed agency.
Learn about Hollerith, the inventor of punched cards and the father of modern information processing. He used his invention for the 1890 U.S. census and founded the IBM company.
