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Hollerith_code
Hollerith code
English
Picture of a Hollerith card from 1895
Railroad Gazette
Proper noun
Hollerith
code
(
computing
,
historical
)
A standard code defining the
patterns
of
holes
on
punch cards
that represent various
text
characters
.
Related terms
Hollerith card
Etymology
After Herman Hollerith, who patented machine-readable punch card devices in 1889.
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