Hollerith code

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English

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Picture of a Hollerith card from 1895 Railroad Gazette

Etymology

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Named after American inventor Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), who patented machine-readable punch card devices in 1889.

Proper noun

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Hollerith code

  1. (computing, historical) A standard code defining the patterns of holes on punch cards that represent various text characters.
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