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8) When it came to choosing a tabulating machine for the 1890 census, Hollerith's design was one of three contenders. The other two machines used colour-coded slips of paper and chips of wood to represent information. In a competition between them it took 72 hours to record all the data on to Hollerith's punched cards, which was not vastly faster than the 144 hours and 100 hours taken by the other two machines.
9) The real advantage of Hollerith's system became clear, however, when it came to manipulating the stored data and compiling the results. Hollerith's machines took less than six hours; the other machines took 55 and 44 hours respectively. His design was chosen, and his machines compiled the results of the 1890 census in a mere six weeks, at a saving to the Census Bureau of $5 million in staff costs梩en times more than expected.
10) This success enabled Hollerith to expand his Tabulating Machine Company into overseas markets. In 1911, the company merged with two others, and in 1924 the new firm changed its name to International Business Machine梟ow better known as IBM. There is, in other words, a direct line from Hollerith's tabulating machines to mainframe computers and, in 1981, to the first IBM PC.
11) It is ironic that today's computer industry has its origins in a data-processing project carried out in 1890 that was completed on time and under budget. Modern computerisation Projects, in contrast, tend to have far more in common with Babbage's ill-fated attempt to build a mechanical computer, which cost a fortune and was eventually abandoned. Perhaps the fact that Hollerith is forgotten, While Babbage is remembered, should not be surprising at all.
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Ⅴ. There are 10 incomplete statements, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.(1 point each,10 points)
61. Babbage is regarded as the grandfather of computing because ___________.
[A] today's computers have developed directly from his mechanic computer
[B] his calculating machine was a mechanic one
[C] today's computers share a lot more with his idea of computing
[D] people were unaware of his work when the first electronic computers were constructed in the 1940s
62. The forgotten father figure refers to Hollerith as __________.
[A] a former employee of the American Census Bureau
[B] the founder of IBM
[C] the first designer of a calculating machine
[D] the founder of modern computers
63.“As the country's population grew larger, … a problem of delay gradually emerged.”Here“a problem of delay”means ______________.
[A] a problem of delay in starting the census
[B] a problem of delay in starting to compile the census results
[C] a problem of delay in bring about the census results
[D] a problem of delay in finding a tabulating machine to compile the census results
64. “…… seats in the House of Representatives were (and are) assigned according to the census data.”This sentence means that __________.
[A] the seat of the House of Representatives was decided according to the census results本新闻共 6页,当前在第 4页 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
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