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A punch card are cards with punched holes in them that represent data. You feed them into a (usually) large-scale computer that can accept them.
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What are the release dates for Punchcard Player - 2006?
Punchcard Player - 2006 was released on: USA: 10 August 2006
Why did congress force that states to abandon the use of punchcard ballots?
unreliable
Who was jaquard?
A frenchman that designed a punchcard automated textile loom in the late 1700s.
What was it like when computers were not made?
calculations were done using either:sliderulemechanical desk calculatorelectromechanical punchcard machines
How do you convert letter Z into its bit pattern?
First you will need to know the character code being used, there are several:UnicodeUTF-8ASCIIMASCIIEBCDICBCDICHollerith punchcard codeRemington-Rand punchcard codeZone + Digit codesAPLFIELDATACDC display codeDEC Radix-50BAUDOTetc.Then you need to find Z in that character code's encoding table.
When was the first computer punchcard invented?
The data processing punchcard predates computers. It began being used on electromechanical "unit-record" equipment in 1890. Its first use on electronic computers was either ABC (Atanasof Berry Computer) 1942, or ENIAC 1945. In that interval the card was redesigned and different forms invented many times. The dominant form of punchcard by the 1940s was IBM's 80 column rectangular hole card, mostly because the US government had set up Social Security using IBM unit-record equipment using that card in the 1930s.
What is Herman Hollerith most noted for developing?
Semiautomated punchcard based Census tabulating counter and sorting machines, for 1890 US census.
When did Joseph jacquard invent the loom?
Never. He did not invent the loom, it has existed since before recorded history. What he did invent was the automatic punchcard programmed loom.
What social factors led to the demand of automatic data processing?
In the 1880s, the growth of the US population and the requirements in the constitution for completing a census every decade prompted the invention of Hollerith's Unit Record punchcard data processing machines.In the 1930s, the introduction of the Social Security Administration created a large demand for IBM's Unit Record punchcard machines.In WW2, many kinds of new data processing machines were needed and built.etc.
What did Joseph jacquard invent?
The punch card loom, considered to be an early form of the computer. computers needed this or they would not work as well.
Which presidential election was first counted by computers?
The first presidential election where computers performed some of the vote counting was the 1964 (Johnson vs. Goldwater) election, where 7 counties used punchcard ballots. There still has not been a presidential election (as of 2014) where all votes were counted by computers.
What are the six functions of language?
The six functions of language are expressive (to express thoughts and feelings), directive (to give commands or requests), informative (to provide information), phatic (to establish social contact), aesthetic (to create beauty or evoke emotions), and metalinguistic (to discuss language itself).
