COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine
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Mark I
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Difference Engine
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Analytical Engine
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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: -The 1890 census was notable as the first in which the electric tabulating system, invented by former Census Office employee Herman Hollerith, was used.
Detailed explanation-3: -1890: Herman Hollerith developed a punch card system to help the U.S. Census Bureau compile and process data on millions of Americans. His system was the predecessor of methods computers would later use, and it was the first time an electronic device was used for tabulation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hollerith machines were used to calculate the 1890 United States census. His Tabulating Machine Company accomplished the calculation of population in less than six months, and the rest of the census information in under two years, far more rapidly than any census had ever been completed.