E-book
Punched-card systems and the early information explosion, 1880-1945
Record details
- ISBN: 0801898722
- ISBN: 9780801898723
- ISBN: 0801891434 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780801891434 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (369 p. :) ill. ;
remote
Computer data.
electronic resource - Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | OldControl:muse9780801898723 Multi-User |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-350) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Punched cards and the 1890 United States census -- New users, new machines -- U.S. challengers to Hollerith -- The rise of international business machines -- Decline of punched cards for European census processing -- Punched cards for general statistics in Europe -- Different roads to European punched-card bookkeeping -- Keeping tabs on society with punched cards. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by Project Muse. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Information technology -- Europe Information technology -- United States Punched card systems Multi-User |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
