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Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith , 1860-1929, American inventor, b. Buffalo, N.Y. After graduating from Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1879), he worked on the U.S. Census of 1880. Intrigued by the problem of tabulating vast amounts of data, he developed over the next several years a card that could be represent data through... Read more
typewriter
typewriter instrument for producing by manual operation characters similar to those of printing. Corresponding to each key on the instrument's keyboard is a steel type. Activated through a series of levers or an electronic impulse when its key is pressed, the type strikes the paper in the machine t... Read more
machine tool
machine tool power-operated tool used for finishing or shaping metal parts, especially parts of other machines. An establishment that is equipped with such tools and specializes in such work is known as a machine shop. Machine tools operate by removing material from the workpiece, much as a sculpto... Read more
sewing machine
sewing machine device that stitches cloth and other materials. An attempt at mechanical sewing was made in England (1790) with a machine having a forked, automatic needle that made a single-thread chain. In 1830, B. Thimonnier, a French tailor, patented a wooden device with a hooked needle. In 1841... Read more
machine gun
machine gun an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed. v. machine-gun shoot with a machine gun. machine-gunner n.... Read more
machine
machine arrangement of moving and stationary mechanical parts used to perform some useful work or to provide transportation. From a historical perspective, many of the first machines were the result of human efforts to improve war-making capabilities; the term engineer at one time had an exclus... Read more
facsimile
facsimile or fax, in communications, system for transmitting pictures or other graphic matter by wire or radio. Facsimile is used to transmit such materials as documents, telegrams, drawings, pictures taken from satellites, and even entire newspapers. The surface of the material to be sent is t... Read more
fluoroscope
fluoroscope , instrument consisting of an X-ray machine (see X ray ) and a fluorescent screen that may be used by physicians to view the internal organs of the body. During medical diagnosis the patient stands between the X-ray machine, or other radiation source, and the fluorescent screen. Radiati... Read more
Albany Regency
Albany Regency name given, after 1820, to the leaders of the first political machine, which was developed in New York state by Martin Van Buren . The name derived from the charge that Van Buren's principal supporters, residing in Albany, managed the machine for him while he served in the U.S. Sena... Read more
Thomas John Watson, Jr.
Thomas John Watson, Jr. 1914-93, American industrialist, b. Dayton, Ohio. The son of Thomas John Watson , Sr., the founder of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), he joined the family business following his graduation from Brown Univ. in 1937. Except for service as a pilot in the Army ... Read more

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International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM) Around the year...companies he had previously managed, International Time Recording Company and Computing...important factor in running a profitable business. CTR did not become focused on...
SIC 7993 Coin-Operated Amusement Devices
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...other places of business. Such amusement...jukeboxes, pinball machines, mechanical games...introduced. The International Association of...not shift to slot machines at these establishments...the industry is International Game Technology...designer of gaming machines and software...
Office Technology
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...1880s to develop sorting machines using punched cards...1890, the Hollerith machines were soon installed...merged with the smaller International Business Machine (IBM) Corporation...its name. By leasing machines and selling keypunch...
IBM Corp
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce ...of what would become International Business Machines (IBM). Clients included...established a subsidiary named International Business Machines Co. in Canada. A unit...R changed its name to International Business Machines Corp. New product releases...
Watson, Thomas John
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...WATSON, THOMAS JOHN U.S. business executive Thomas J. Watson...assumed management of the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924...1924 the firm merged with International Business Machines Corporation taking its name...
Burroughs, William S.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...sell a stunning 1,500 adding machines in 1900. It soon moved its...contracted to manufacture the machines. The Burroughs Corporation...nearest competitor, IBM, or International Business Machines, Inc. The company entered...
Hollerith, Herman
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...all modern data processing in business. His invention of the punch...still used in many voting machines in the United States, became...company that evolved into the International Business Machines Company (IBM). Hollerith...
Thomas J. Watson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1874-1956), American business executive, assumed the management of International Business Machines in 1914 and built it into...1924 the firm merged with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and...
An Wang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...developing more advanced machines under a contract from...substantial royalties from International Business Machines and other computer...lower price than the machines his company offered...processors and small business computers. The first...
SIC 2253 Knit Outerwear Mills
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...The T-shirt business has been one of...categories of knitting machines produced the products...machines were Camber International of Leicester...of flat knitting machines as well as Liba...in the weaving business are fully integrated...

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IBM
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing IBM International Business Machines Corporation. IBM was incorporated...of sufficient power to run useful business applications changed the emphasis...competitors to introduce compatible machines (IBM had put the PC architecture...
Microsoft
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...other languages for the new machines. Bill Gates attended Harvard...he met Steve Ballmer, a business major who would eventually...look and feel. In 1981, the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) released...
Courier Services
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...flung nature of business operations in the international economy, the popularity...document delivery business faced new competition...development of fax machines and electronic mail...of national and international package delivery...
Boot and Shoe Manufacturing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...central shops, or factories, machines were perfected that imitated...and sole. The advantages of machines, especially those that were...associations, workers formed the International Boot and Shoe Workers Union...production did not become big business until the 1970s. The popularity...
Linde, Carl von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...artificial cooling the undertaking was an international success. In order to explore the subject...Linde retired from the management of the business in 1891; at that time twelve hundred...primarily with the theory of refrigeration machines. It was at his instigation that the...
Nairne, Edward
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...optics, physics . Nairne achieved an international reputation as one of the foremost makers...Company in 1748 and established his business in London at 20 Cornhill, not far from...and surveying instruments, electrical machines, vacuum pumps, and measuring equipment...
Service Economy, The
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management ...lawyers, doctors, architects, business consultants, etc. •...provide a fast link to Paris for business people in competition with...the use of national (or international) call centres and the provision...banks of automated teller machines and home banking facilities...
Audio Technology Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...s gramophone. Yet the anticipated business market failed to materialize due to the commercial dictating machines' poor sound reproduction quality...record sales; and sought to develop international markets, especially in Europe. According...
Chess
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...championship in 1970. Deep Thought, a program developed at Carnegie Mellon University and sponsored by International Business Machines, defeated grandmaster Bent Larsen in 1988. Deep Thought's successor, Deep Blue, played world champion...
Financial Services Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...companies, such as Visa USA or MasterCard International, for consumer credit. The Decline...services market. Although the traditional business of banks, taking deposits and making...fashioning a huge network of automatic teller machines (ATMs). The Diversification of the...

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Father of Slot Machines Traces His History to Poverty in Mississippi.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/17/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...tech, interactive slot machines made popular by IGT in...More than 500,000 slot machines generated 65 percent...in 1998, according to International Gaming & Wagering Business magazine. Slot machines last year accounted for...
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Lotto Machines in West Virginia Cause Problems, Retailers Say.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 12/5/2000; ; 648 words ; ...problems with the new machines." "This is about...to Automated Wagering International, or AWI. Among the...the contract to supply machines that printed Powerball...total sales. The new machines were supposed to be...Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
Diversification into cranes, kiddie rides helps build dynasty: Mark Pogue, 34, has grown his business to 4,200 machines in five years; more services are on the
Magazine article from: Automatic Merchandiser; 4/1/1995; 700+ words ; ...go in and offer ball gum machines, or bulk machines. We run sticker machines and kiddie rides." About...said, are from Carousel International although other manufacturers...toward that sector of my business has changed dramatically...
GULF BUSINESS MACHINES ENABLES IT INFRASTRUCTURE AT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN.(International Business Machines Corp., Gulf Business Machines contract with Royal University for Women)
News Wire article from: Middle East; 5/24/2006; 700+ words ; ...exception of Saudi Arabia. Gulf Business Machines BSC provides services and support...solutions and service provider Gulf Business Machines satisfies the technology requirements of local, regionaland international businesses and governments...
Firestone recall means big business for firm that sells tire X-ray machines.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/24/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...engineer at Yxlon International in Mogdore, Ohio, which sells X-ray machines to tire companies...firms to build the machines. Its parent, Yxlon International X-Ray GmbH of...company also sells machines for inspecting airplane...
Thinking Machines Rather Than Markets; How Pentagon Dependence and Business Naivete' Led a Supercomputer Pioneer to Disaster
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/28/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...companies, Thinking Machines was started on a dream...argue that Thinking Machines' troubles reflect a...the turbulent computer business, in which even a successful...too easy for Thinking Machines to ignore the marketplace...Goldfarb, an analyst at International Data Corp. (IDC...
Hagan Business Machines of Meadville Inc. Wins Prestigious Dealer of the Year Award from the Business Technology Association.
Business Wire; 3/22/2007; 700+ words ; ...2006/2007 fiscal year. About Business Technology Association The Business Technology Association is an international organization serving dealers...800) 505-2821. About Hagan Business Machines Hagan Business Machines was founded...
Most Tire Makers Use X-Ray Machines for Inspection Purposes.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/2/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...engineer at Yxlon International in Mogdore, which sells X-ray machines to tire companies...firms to build the machines. Its parent, Yxlon International X-Ray GmbH of Hamburg...company also sells machines for inspecting airplane...
Analysis of International Business Machines Corporation.
M2 Presswire; 1/13/2010; 700+ words ; ...Markets: Analysis of International Business Machines Corporation(C)1994...of the "Analysis of International Business Machines Corporation" company...offering. Analysis of International Business Machines Corporation. A complete...