BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine was the first to ____
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Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide
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Use the Leibniz Wheel
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Use punch cards
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Be programmable
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Herman Hollerith’s punched card tabulator transformed the census process-and information processing in general-beginning with the 1890 US census. The machine was able to collect and count data more rapidly and accurately than manual processes had allowed in the past.
Detailed explanation-2: -The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census.
Detailed explanation-3: -Herman Hollerith’s tabulator consisted of electrically-operated components that captured and processed census data by “reading” holes on paper punch cards.
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