RE: https://mastodon.online/@larsmb/116090938582458306

Remember, this country's former government was such a good customer of #Hollerith that they happily sold and supported extra large punch cards, because of all the data points they wanted to track.

Just business. Don't ask too many questions.

Palantir, die Hollerithkarten der Gegenwart

Auch die Organisation des Holocausts durch die Nationalsozialisten erfolgte mit Hilfe der durch die #IBM-Tochter vermieteten weiterentwickelten Lochkartensortiermaschinen [...].
#DEHOMAG (Deutsche #Hollerith -Maschinen Gesellschaft mbH)

Punched card calculator. Early computer input devices. Hollerith Card Sorter machine. Hollerith Tabulator machine.

OTD in 1889 Herman Hollerith patents his punched card calculator.

‘The Hollerith system … was generally used … right up to the widespread introduction of electronic computers in the 1950’s.’

Words: David Carey
Artist: B H Robinson
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.

#LadybirdBooks #OTD #8January #Hollerith

#TalDíacomoHoy de 1860 nace en Buffalo (EE.UU.) Herman #Hollerith, #matemático e #inventor de una máquina estadística con tarjetas perforadas para el censo estadounidense, que será considerada como un cimiento de la Informática. #Aniversario