punched card

Summary

punched card is a concept^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• punched card's field of work was textile manufacturing^[3].
• punched card is credited with the discovery of Charles Babbage^[4].
• punched card is credited with the discovery of Herman Hollerith^[5].
• punched card's instance of is recorded as concept^[6].
• punched card's instance of is recorded as communications media^[7].
• punched card's depicts is recorded as pattern^[8].
• punched card's depicts is recorded as paper^[9].
• punched card is a type of machine-readable medium^[10].
• punched card is a type of card^[11].
• punched card is a type of computer storage media^[12].
• punched card is part of Tabulating machine^[13].
• punched card's Commons category is recorded as Punch cards^[14].
• punched card's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Punched card^[15].
• punched card's main subject is weaving^[16].
• punched card's Commons gallery is recorded as Punch card^[17].
• punched card's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[18].
• punched card's used by is recorded as punched card input/output^[19].
• punched card's different from is recorded as punched tape^[20].

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Career and Affiliations

punched card's field of work was textile manufacturing^[3].

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Charles Babbage^[4], a mathematician^[21], 1791–1871^[22], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[23], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[24], specialised in mathematics^[25] and Herman Hollerith^[5], an inventor^[26], 1860–1929^[27], of United States^[28], awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal^[29], specialised in computer science^[30].

Why It Matters

punched card ranks in the top 5% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]