History of data processing Tools

[roostaamir]

HI there all
I am very interested in this topic.I want to know how data processing tools developed from the very beginning till now.
So I would be very thankful if somebody give me a good reference?

thank u all.

 

[Pusspa]

data processing was reading binary when i started in the 70's!

EDIT:my kids can count from 0 to 31 on one hand cos their geek dad taught them binary!

 

[roostaamir]

Thanks for the tip
but a want want something brief
I wanna know what happened exactly?
Do you know any source or reference I can use?

thanks again

 

[DarkScorpion]

data processing was reading binary when i started in the 70's!

EDIT:my kids can count from 0 to 31 on one hand cos their geek dad taught them binary!

Can that play WoW?

 

[mikedl]

Brief? You want a brief history of data processing?

Good luck with that!

 

[mickey megabyte]

ok

in the beginning there was data.

then it got processed.

the end

 

[mikedl]

LOL, Mickey!

Here's an interesting excerpt from Answers.com:

Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: Hollerith machine

The first automatic data processing system. It was used to count the 1890 U.S. census. Developed by Herman Hollerith, a statistician who had worked for the Census Bureau, the system used a hand punch to record the data as holes in dollar-bill-sized punch cards and a tabulating machine to count them. The tabulating machine contained a spring-loaded pin for each potential hole in the card. When a card was placed in the reader and the handle was pushed down, the pins that passed through the holes closed electrical circuits causing counters to be incremented and a lid in the sorting box to open.
It Only Took Three Years
Using manual methods, it was estimated that the 1890 census would not be completed until after 1900. With Hollerith's machines, it took less than three years to count 62 million people and saved the government $5 million dollars.
The Start of IBM
Hollerith formed the Tabulating Machine Company and sold his machines throughout the world for a variety of accounting functions. In 1911, his company was merged into the company that was later renamed IBM.

 

[roostaamir]

thank u all guys
very much
your suggestions were helpful.Especially mickey's :d