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Who was the father of Punched Card Processing?

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J Presper Eckert
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Charles Babbage
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Dr. Herman Hollerith
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Blaise Pascal
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The correct option is A Dr. Herman Hollerith

Dr. Herman Hollerith was the father of Punched Car Processing

Herman Hollerith is the father of modern machine data processing. His invention of the punched card machine marked the beginning of the automatic data processing age. Whereas punched cards had previously been used to control looms, Hollerith now used them to store data.

Punch card. Early method of data storage used with early computers. Punch cards also known as Hollerith cards and IBM cards are paper cards containing several punched or perforated holes that were punched by hand or machine to represent data. A computer punched card reader or just computer card reader is a computer input device used to read computer programs in either source or executable form and data from punched cards. A computer card punch is a computer output device that punches holes in cards.


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