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IBM originated with several technological innovations developed and commercialized in the late 19th century. Julius E. Pitrap patented the computing scale in 1885; [18] Alexander Dey invented the dial recorder (1888); [19] Herman Hollerith patented the Electric Tabulating Machine (1889); [20] and Willard Bundy invented a time clock to record workers' arrival and departure times on a paper tape ...
The punch card project was so extensive and immediate that the War Relocation Authority subcontracted the function to IBM. [1] IBM equipment was used for cryptography by US Army and Navy organisations, Arlington Hall and OP-20-G and similar Allied organisations using Hollerith punched cards (Central Bureau and the Far East Combined Bureau).
For the ninth consecutive time, IBM takes the No.1 ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers with its computer built for the Roadrunner project at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It is the first in the world to operate at speeds faster than one quadrillion calculations per second and remains the world speed champion for over a year.
The Rochester Technology Campus is a facility shared by several companies in Rochester, Minnesota.The initial structure was designed by Eero Saarinen, who clad the structure in blue panels of varying hues after being inspired by the Minnesota sky [1] and the nickname of the first occupant, Big Blue.
Watson is no mere wannabe: It won its practice round of the TV game show last month. IBM engineers designed Watson to show how computer systems can analyze and process natural language, and reach ...
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IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation is a book by investigative journalist and historian Edwin Black which documents the strategic technology services rendered by US-based multinational corporation International Business Machines (IBM) and its German and other European subsidiaries for the government of Adolf Hitler from the ...
Minecraft is a media franchise developed from and centered around the video game of the same name.Developed by Mojang Studios (formerly known as Mojang AB) and Xbox Game Studios, which are owned by Microsoft Corporation, the franchise consists of five video games, along with various books, merchandise, events, board games, and an upcoming theatrical film.