COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

This is an electromechanical machine that was designed to assists information stored on a punch cards. This machine also helps process the U.S. Census of 1890. what do we call this machine?

A	Atanasoff-Berry Computer
B	Arithmometer
C	Stepped Reckoner
D	Tabulating machine

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: -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: -Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Team. Herman Hollerith Created the first mechanical punched card tabulator. Dr. John Shaw Billings Gave Hollerith the inspiration to pursue a mechanical solution to the problem of processing the census data by automated means.

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