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Hollerith code
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English
thumb|Picture of a Hollerith card from 1895 Railroad Gazette
Etymology
en Herman Hollerith = 1860 1929 American inventor, who patented machine-readable punch card devices in 1889.
Proper noun
en computing historical A standard code defining the patterns of holes on punch cards that represent various text characters.
Related terms
Hollerith card