How the US census led to the first data processing company 125 years ago

Ars Technica
By The ConversationJan 2, 2022, 6:45 am350 pts
Enlarge / This electromechanical machine, used in the 1890 U.S. census, was the first automated data processing system. (credit: Michael Hicks (CC BY 2.0)) The US Constitution requires that a population count be conducted at the beginning of every decade. This census has always been charged with political…

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