From the early 20th century into the 1970s, Americans used punched cards to enter data onto tabulating equipment and then electronic computers. This early key-operated punch is based on patents of the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During the 1880s the engineer Herman ...

Statistician and inventor Herman Hollerith became known as the father of modern automatic computation for his electric tabulating system, which revolutionized the US census. He was recruited to work ...

IBM turns 100 years old on Thursday, and what a trip the company has made from its origins in punch cards and "calculating machines." Here, a brief history of innovation from the tech powerhouse. From ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two ballot tabulating machines to be used on election night next week passed public testing of the devices on Wednesday. Hughes County Finance Officer Thomas Oliva says the ...

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has issued a strong message to drug dealers in the area: "If you’re dealing drugs in Jacksonville, we’re coming for you." Community mourns passing of St. Lucie County ...

Two Republican candidates for top statewide offices in Arizona have asked a court to bar the use of machines in tabulating ballots in the November midterm elections and instead have them counted by ...