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Herman Hollerith, an Uncommon card
Herman Hollerith was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 45,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Herman Hollerith quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Herman Hollerith card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hollerith founded a ______ that was amalgamated in 1911 with several other companies to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company.
Answer
company. Hollerith founded a company that was amalgamated in 1911 with several other companies to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. From the Herman Hollerith article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, the company was renamed "International Business Machines" and became one of the largest and most successful companies of the 20th century.
Answer
1920s. In 1924, the company was renamed "International Business Machines" and became one of the largest and most successful companies of the 20th century. From the Herman Hollerith article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Social theory. Social theory 73 · Mobile banking 70 · Herman Hollerith 66 · Esker 60 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His invention of the punched card tabulating machine, patented in 1884, marks the beginning of the era of mechanized binary code and semiautomatic data processing systems, and his concept dominated that landscape for nearly a century.
- Hollerith founded a company that was amalgamated in 1911 with several other companies to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company.
- In 1924, the company was renamed "International Business Machines" and became one of the largest and most successful companies of the 20th century.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Herman Hollerith article was read about 45,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Herman Hollerith
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Text : Wikipedia, Herman Hollerith (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
