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Herman Hollerith

Hollerith developed the electric punched-card tabulating system used for the United States census.

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Hollerith developed the electric punched-card tabulating system used for the United States census.

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Coding observations on cards made counting and cross-tabulation mechanizable. Tabulating records is different from executing an arbitrary stored program.

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  1. About the 1890 Decennial Census — U.S. Census Bureau

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