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• n  United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929)

• Hollerith
• Herman Hollerith

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• From Player Pianos to the Cloud: The History of Data Storage
  When you think about player pianos , your thoughts probably gravitate toward creepy ghosts rather than data storage innovation. But you're wrong. The machines "know" which keys to play by reading data stored in punch cards — pieces of stock paper with holes punched into them. In the late 19th century, American inventor Herman Hollerith invented an electronic means by which to tabulate the ...
  April 30, 2014 - Mashable