Definition of Hollerith card

1. Noun. A card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes.

Exact synonyms: Punch Card, Punched Card
Generic synonyms: Card

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hollerith Card

Holden's line
Holi
Holiness
Holinesses
Holl's ligament
Holland
Holland gin
Hollander
Hollander test
Hollanders
Hollandic
Hollandish
Hollands
Hollenhorst plaques
Hollerith
Hollerith card (current term)
Holliday junction
Holliday structure
Hollie
Holly
Hollywood
Hollywood Irish
Hollywood North
Hollywood ending
Hollywood endings
Hollywood moment
Hollywood principle
Hollywood science
Hollywood ugly
Hollywoodese

Literary usage of Hollerith card

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts by Willard Cope Brinton (1914)
"Hollerith card-Sorting Machine Suitable for Use by Corporations for Statistical Work Relating to Sales, Costs, Etc. This machine will sort about 14000 cards ..."

2. Efficiency as a basis for operation and wages by Harrington Emerson (1909)
"... completeness is to transfer by means of perforation all the requisition facts from the original material and service requisitions to a Hollerith card, ..."

3. Readings and Problems in Statistical Methods by Horace Secrist (1920)
"239, showing descriptive detail of your house, draft a Hollerith card form which could be used in tabulating the data. 2. Draw up three box tabulation forms ..."

4. Report of the War Trade Board by United States War Trade Board (1920)
"The data shown in the coded documents were punched on a 45-field Hollerith card by the punching section, the punching of import licenses being done in the ..."

5. Efficiency as a Basis for Operatin and Wages by Harrington Emerson (1911)
"... completeness is to transfer by means of perforation all the requisition facts from the original material and service requisitions to a Hollerith card, ..."

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