COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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The Tabulating Machine Company eventually became what company in 1923?
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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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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1896 Hollerith organized the Tabulating Machine Company, incorporated in New York, to manufacture the machines; through subsequent mergers it grew into the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
Detailed explanation-2: -The incorporation of Bundy Manufacturing Co. (time recording equipment), the first of many components that eventually became the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, Inc. (C-T-R), and later IBM.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1924 CTR was renamed International Business Machines (IBM). In 1927 Remington Rand acquired the Powers Accounting Machine Company.
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