In 1889, am American inventor, Herman Hollerith (1860 - 1929) applied the Jacquard loom concept to computing. ... Hollerith's method used punched cards to store information, which he fed into the machine that compiled the results mechanically unlike Babbage's idea that used the perforated cards as instructions for the machine to execute. ... This machine by Hollerith was a tremendous success as the census takers only took six weeks to tabulate and record their results. ... Hollerith then decided to bring his punch card reader into the business world, founding Tabulating Machine Compa...

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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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