Title :
Shaping a technology: American punched card systems 1880-1914
Author_Institution :
Inst. of History & Western Civilization, Odense Univ., Denmark
Abstract :
This paper addresses the initial development of the first punched-card system in the United States in the 1880s and the construction of the next punched-card machine generation, launched in 1907. Finally, aspects of punched-card systems in the 1910s give a perspective on this history
Keywords :
history; punched card equipment; American punched card systems; USA; history; punched card machines; technology development; Erbium; History;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
