BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Computing & Tabulating Inc.
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Tabulations ‘R’ Us
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Computing-Recording Company
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International Business Machines
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Detailed explanation-1: -IBM, in full International Business Machines Corporation, leading American computer manufacturer, with a major share of the market both in the United States and abroad. Its headquarters are in Armonk, New York.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1911 Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine Company merged with two other firms to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, soon renamed IBM.
Detailed explanation-3: -It began as the Computing, Tabulating & Recording Company (C-T-R) founded by Herman Hollerith in the late 1800s. Their first large contract was to provide tabulating equipment for the tabulation and analysis of the 1890 US census. The company grew quickly and, in the early 1920s the name was changed to IBM.
Detailed explanation-4: -By 1924, he renamed C-T-R with the more expansive name of International Business Machines. The computing scale and time clock businesses fell away. IBM grew to become the most significant player in every stage of the evolution of information technology over the 100 years after it was first formed.
Detailed explanation-5: -IBM Archives: Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (1911-1924)