Punch card tabulating machine invented by Herman Hollerith.

赫尔曼·霍尔瑞斯发明穿孔卡片制表机。

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Here’s Herman Hollerith’s punch-card tabulating machine designed for the 1890 census–a predecessor of modern computers, and the product of a company that, after several mergers, evolved into IBM.

这种机器是为1890年的人口普查设计的，而它正是现代计算机的前身。 生产这种机器的公司，几经合并，成为IBM公司。

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Hollerith's Tabulating Machine Company would later merge with three other companies to form the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation, renamed International Business Machines (aka IBM) in 1924.

霍尔瑞斯制表机器公司稍后与另外三家公司合并组成计算制表记录公司，而后又在1924年更名为国际商业机器(IBM)。

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Hollerith, a former employee of the Census Bureau, had the idea of building a tabulating machine.

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When it came to choosing a tabulating machine for the 1890 census, Hollerith's design was one of three contenders.

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This success enabled Hollerith to expand his Tabulating Machine Company into overseas markets.

ECONOMIST: Millennium issue