This competition was won by Herman Melanie Kizziar Hollerith, who founded the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896, which later became known as IBM. Hollerith used Babbage's idea of using punch cards. ...

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PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF COMPUTERS Computers are: FUN EXCITING EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINING ______________________________________________________________________________ ~ PAST ~ "Using Technology in the Classroom" taught me about the history...

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In 1889, an American inventor, Herman Hollerith, also applied the loom concept to computing. ... Hollerith's method used cards to store data information, which he fed into a machine that compiled the results. ... Hollerith brought his punch card reader into the business world, founding Tabulating Machine Company in 1896, which later became IBM. ...

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