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Definition of Hollerith
1. Noun. United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hollerith
Literary usage of Hollerith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railroad Accounting by William Everett Hooper (1915)
"To make this task simpler and quicker the Hollerith machines are used on the ...
UNPUNCHED Hollerith SYSTEM CARD. system consists of a machine which punches ..."
2. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1892)
"It was found that the time occupied in transcribing their contents by the Hollerith
method was 72 hours, 27 minutes ; by the Hunt method, 144 hours, ..."
3. The American Office: Its Organization, Management and Records by John William Schulze (1914)
"The Hollerith Machine In large concerns where much tabulation of statistics is
required, and where the accounting system is complex, as it is in the ..."
4. Bookkeeping and Cost Accounting for Factories by William Kent (1918)
"The Hollerith Tabulating System, which was first used in compiling the records
of the ... The essence of the Hollerith System is the preparation of a slip, ..."
5. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1888)
"BY H. Hollerith. THE Master Car Builders' Association, evidently appreciating
the importance of some action on their part with regard to the question of ..."
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