Herman Hollerith looks out over the invention that brought data processing to the world. Sixty-two million cards were placed in the readers of these machines and then dropped into the sorting box (right) when the appropriate lid opened. (Image courtesy of The Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org)
from: http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=Hollerith+machine&i=44307,00.asp
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