Sunday, June 21, 2009

Connect



Slightly vague, Still.

Answer :
Hermann Holerith of the Computing, Tabulating and Recording Company that later became IBM.  IBM and other mainframe operators were collectively called ' Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'.

Coincidental connect : Holerith invented the punch card sorting algorithm that later became radix sort. Radix sort is explained using the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves analogy.
Go through these links : One. Two.

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4 comments:

  1. Nakul PSSunday, June 21, 2009 10:54:00 PM

    IBM

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  2. mephistoMonday, June 22, 2009 10:48:00 AM

    herman holerith founder of ibm which
    was compared to other seven dwarf companies as their just as in the fairy tale

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  3. AnonymousMonday, June 22, 2009 12:22:00 PM

    Mu-chhad Hollerith-IBM-which was called Snow White and its competitors the Seven Dwarfs

    Roshan

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  4. MohitMonday, June 22, 2009 2:39:00 PM

    Eight major computer companies of the 1960s. IBM (founded by Herman Hollerith) being the largest called "Snow White" and the rest as "seven white dwarfs" viz. Burroughs, NCR, Control Data Corporation, Honeywell, RCA, UNIVAC and GE

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