Punched Cards to IBM: Early Inventions and Technology

The success of Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine led him to found his own company, the Tabulating Machine Company, which later became International Business Machines Corporation, better known to us today as IBM. IBM tells the story of its history through online exhibits at its Web site. Just go to http://www03.ibm.com/ibm/history/index.html to see images, view the timeline, and learn fun facts.

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Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding

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Primary Source Used
Plate, punch card, and instructions for Herman Hollerith's Electric Sorting and Tabulating Machine, ca. 1895. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/023))