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Hollerith|ˈhɒlərɪθ|
The name of Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), American inventor, used esp. attrib. in reference to the use of punched cards in accounting, statistics, etc. Hence as n., used fig. in reference to modern society viewed as a processing machine (see quot. 1957).
1890Jrnl. Franklin Inst. XCIX. 306 The cost of compiling a census by the Hollerith system, would appear to be only one-third the cost of compiling the same census by the next best system. 1891Electrical Engineer (U.S.) 11 Nov. 530/1 Not a little skill and judgment was necessary in perfecting the mechanical details of the Hollerith electric tabulating system. 1946A. C. Clarke in Astounding Sci. Fiction Sept. 24/1 That wonderful battery of almost human Hollerith analyzers. 1957London Mag. June 61 The writer needs his partial disengagement from the social hollerith so as to free the one imcomparable tool that he can call his own. 1958H. T. Himmelweit et al. Television & Child 85 The number of Hollerith cards needed for each child. 1960Times 31 Mar. 3/1 An internal Hollerith installation and external computing facilities are used extensively. 1970Computers & Humanities V. 2 The first was the pre-computer phase of the 1950s, characterized by the use of Hollerith (IBM) cards and unit record equipment to sort and tally large bodies of information. |