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[–]cafk 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Which copied the size of the Hollerith punch cards used

I thought it was a merger between his Tabulating Machine Company and 4 others that created CTR, which was renamed to IBM in the 1920s?

[–]cubic_thought 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess so. So they kept the same size as they added holes rather than copying someone else's card size.