U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Jan. 8: On the Way to Computers
U.S. Newswire › January 07, 2004
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8: ON THE WAY TO COMPUTERS
Profile America -- Thursday, Jan. 8. A big step toward the computer age occurred on this day in 1889 as Herman Hollerith patented a tabulating machine. It was designed to help process data gathered in the 1890 Census. The increasing size of the population made it difficult to tabulate census returns by hand so that seats in the House of Representatives could be reapportioned on a timely basis. Hollerith's punch card concept worked so well it was used until the 1960s, and his firm later became IBM. Today, computers are a mainstay at most jobs. Well over half of all employees use a computer at work. Internet and e-mail top the list of uses, followed closely by word processing, spreadsheets and databases. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Jan. 8: On the Way to Computers
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