1. computers
... . Therefore, a competition was held to attempt to locate a better method of collecting and processing the census data. This competition was won by Herman Melanie Kizziar Hollerith, who founded the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896, which later became known as IBM. Hollerith used Babbage's idea of using punch cards. This was the method that was used and the results of the census were released ... ...
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