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WAEC Data Processing 2015 Question 1

Question 1

History of Computers

Which of the following persons invented the punch card machine?

  1. A.Blaise Pascal
  2. B.Gottfried Leibniz
  3. C.J. Prosper Eckert
  4. D.Dr. Herman Hollerith
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Answer: D (Dr. Herman Hollerith)

Explanation

Herman Hollerith built the punched-card tabulating machine used for the 1890 US census.