Hollerithn.
/ˈhɒlərɪθ/, U.S. /ˈhɑləˌrɪθ/ Used esp. attributively in reference to the use of punched cards in accounting, statistics, etc. Hence as n., used figuratively in reference to modern society viewed as a processing machine (see quot. 1957).
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Hollerith1890
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > other types of civilizations or cultures
economy1535
patriarchy1868
by-world1872
Western world1894
overworld1895
open society1911
pao-chia1931
closed society1935
plural society1939
technopolis1946
shame culture1947
19841951
Hollerith1957
metaculture1959
underground1959
permissive society1960
caring society1966
technocomplex1968
microsociety1970
overground1971
Manhattanism1978
1890 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 99 306 The cost of compiling a census by the Hollerith system, would appear to be only one-third the cost of compiling the same census by the next best system.
1891 Electr. Engineer (U.S.) 11 Nov. 530/1 Not a little skill and judgment was necessary in perfecting the mechanical details of the Hollerith electric tabulating system.
1946 A. C. Clarke in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Sept. 24/1 That wonderful battery of almost human Hollerith analyzers.
1957 London Mag. June 61 The writer needs his partial disengagement from the social hollerith so as to free the one imcomparable tool that he can call his own.
1958 H. T. Himmelweit et al. Television & Child 85 The number of Hollerith cards needed for each child.
1960 Times 31 Mar. 3/1 An internal Hollerith installation and external computing facilities are used extensively.
1970 Computers & Humanities 5 2 The first was the pre-computer phase of the 1950s, characterized by the use of Hollerith (IBM) cards and unit record equipment to sort and tally large bodies of information.
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