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This machine was used to count and sort information for the US census. It was the ____

A	Abacus
B	Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine
C	Analytical Engine
D	Difference engine

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Components of the Hollerith Tabulator Herman Hollerith’s tabulator consisted of electrically-operated components that captured and processed census data by “reading” holes on paper punch cards.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hollerith’s device revolutionized census tabulation. The Census Office leased a fleet of the machines for the 1890 census count, which finished months ahead of schedule and far under budget. In 1896, Hollerith founded the Tabulating Machine Company.

Detailed explanation-4: -: a machine for tabulating and sorting punched cards and tabulating data from them.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Hollerith tabulating machine, also known as the tabulating machine, was an electrical counting machine invented by Herman Hollerith.

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