to simplify the production of complex decorative tapestries.
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
Joseph Mary Jacquard
The punch card loom, considered to be an early form of the computer. computers needed this or they would not work as well.
Joseph-Marie Jacquard in 1801.
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Joseph Jacquard
Joseph Jacquard.
Jacquard Loom, agham.asti.dost.gov.ph/6th/afci/hiscom/hiscom1.html
The punch card loom was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804. His innovative design utilized a series of punched cards to control the weaving of patterns in textiles, allowing for more complex designs to be produced automatically. This invention laid the groundwork for later developments in computer technology, as the concept of using punched cards for programming was adopted in the early computing era.
Some claim that it was Hollerith, but he only used an existing technology for a different application.http://www.maxmon.com/punch1.htmClaims are that Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented the punch card. http://www.maxmon.com/1800ad.htm
Jean-Baptiste Falcon and Basile Bouchon were the first to use punch cards to control textile looms, Joseph Marie Jacquard improved it with his 'Jacquard Loom' and Charles Babbage came up with idea of how to use it as input for a computer. Herman Hollerith came up with a working model of the punched card loom for the US Census at the end of the 19th century.
Hollerith was an employee of the US Census Bureau. As there were no electronic computers, it was not a computer punch card, but was used in the 1890 census to semi-automate the processing and counting using electromechanical counters and sorters.