1890: “The first generation of computers were machines that counte...
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- The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution whole source · open book
“The first generation of computers were machines that counted and tabulated,” Rometty says, harking back to IBM’s roots in Herman Hollerith’s punch-card tabulators used for the 1890 census.
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