Hollerith code

Hollerith code
/hol"euh rith/, Computers.
a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
[1946; named after Herman Hollerith (1860-1929), U.S. inventor of the system]

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