Herman Hollerith was born on 29 February 1860. He passed away on 17 November 1929.
Herman Hollerith was an American inventor and entrepreneur who played a significant role in the development of modern information processing. He is best known for inventing the punched card tabulating machine, which was a precursor to the modern computer.
Hollerith's invention emerged in the late 19th century when he was working for the United States Census Bureau. In 1884, he patented a mechanical tabulator that used punched cards to efficiently process and analyze data. The punched cards contained holes representing different data points, and the tabulating machine could read and process these cards, providing a systematic and faster way to handle large volumes of information.
In 1896, Hollerith founded the Tabulating Machine Company, which later merged with other companies to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) in 1911. CTR eventually became IBM (International Business Machines) in 1924.
Hollerith's inventions and the subsequent development of IBM marked a crucial step in the evolution of information technology, contributing to the foundation of modern data processing and computing systems. His punched card system was widely used in various applications beyond census data, including business, finance, and scientific research, for several decades.
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