1 jan 1890 ano - HOLLERITH CENSUS MACHINE

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Description: a specific type of electromechanical design that served as an information-processing resource throughout the early 20th century.

History: Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census. Later models were widely
used for business applications such as accounting and inventory control.

Special Features: consisted of electrically-operated components that relate alphanumeric characters to holes in a punched card

Uses: The Census Machine read special punch cards, which contained information whose encoding was based on the position of holes in the card.

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