IBM (International Business Machines)
In 1914 Thomas J Watson joinedComputing-Tabulating-Recording Co., which made weighing scales, timeclocks, and also "tabulators" which sorted information using punched cards. Tabulators were forerunners of the earliest mainframe computers. The company was renamed International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924.
He changed it from "Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company" to International Business Machines Corporation.
In 1914 Thomas J Watson joinedComputing-Tabulating-Recording Co., which made weighing scales, timeclocks, and also "tabulators" which sorted information using punched cards. Tabulators were forerunners of the earliest mainframe computers. The company was renamed International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924.
International Business Machines Corporation
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. (C-T-R)
In 1914, Thomas Watson became president of the company that, in 1924, became International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM. Watson was responsible for the name change. The ironic thing is that one of Watson's most famous quotes is: I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. (1943)
There have been several famous people named Thomas Watson in history. Thomas Watson, American entrepreneur and founder of IBM, was born on 17 February 1874. Thomas Watson, the man famous for assisting Alexander Graham Bell in the invention of the telephone, was born on 18 January 1854.
He changed it from "Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company" to International Business Machines Corporation.In 1914 Thomas J Watson joinedComputing-Tabulating-Recording Co., which made weighing scales, timeclocks, and also "tabulators" which sorted information using punched cards. Tabulators were forerunners of the earliest mainframe computers. The company was renamed International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924.
Watson Parker was born in 1924, in USA.
W. Marvin Watson was born on 1924-06-06.
Thomas Holderness died in 1924.
Thomas Minter was born in 1924.
Thomas Raines died in 1924.
Thomas Cosmades was born in 1924.
Thomas Mukarobgwa was born in 1924.
Thomas Berridge died in 1924.
Thomas Brackin died in 1924.