...IBM is called the "giant" of computers because it occupies about two-thirds of the US market and about one-half of the world market based on installed value. IBM originated as the office machine company Tabulating Machines Co., which was founded in 1896 by American statistical engineer Herman Hollerith. In 1911, the company was acquired by New York businessman Flint, who merged with two companies he had already acquired that produced automatic scales and time recorders, to form CTR (Computing Tabulating Recording Co.). ... *Some of the terminology that refers to "Tabulating Machines Co." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…コンピューターでは設置金額ベースでアメリカ市場の約2/3,世界市場でも約1/2を占めていることから,コンピューターの〈巨人〉と呼ばれている。IBMは,1896年にアメリカの統計技官ハーマン・ホレリスによって設立された事務機会社タビュレーティング・マシーンズ社Tabulating Machines Co.をその出発点としている。同社は,1911年にニューヨークの実業家フリントにより買収され,彼がすでに買収していた自動はかりとタイムレコーダーをそれぞれ生産する2社と合併して,CTR社(Computing Tabulating Recording Co.)となった。… ※「Tabulating Machines Co.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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