单词 | hollerith |
释义 | Hollerithn. Used esp. attributively in reference to the use of punched cards in accounting, statistics, etc. Hence as n., used figuratively in reference to modern society viewed as a processing machine (see quot. 1957). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > statistics > collecting or using > with punched cards Hollerith1890 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > other types of civilizations or cultures economy1535 patriarchy1868 by-world1872 Western world1894 overworld1895 open society1911 pao-chia1931 closed society1935 plural society1939 technopolis1946 shame culture1947 19841951 Hollerith1957 metaculture1959 underground1959 permissive society1960 caring society1966 technocomplex1968 microsociety1970 overground1971 Manhattanism1978 1890 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 99 306 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. 1891 Electr. 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. 1946 A. C. Clarke in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Sept. 24/1 That wonderful battery of almost human Hollerith analyzers. 1957 London 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. 1958 H. T. Himmelweit et al. Television & Child 85 The number of Hollerith cards needed for each child. 1960 Times 31 Mar. 3/1 An internal Hollerith installation and external computing facilities are used extensively. 1970 Computers & Humanities 5 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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