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Business machine, the Glossary

Business machine is a somewhat obsolete term for a machine that assists in the clerical activities common in business companies.^[1]

7 relations: Accounting machine, Adding machine, Computer, IBM, Photocopier, Tabulating machine, Typewriter.
Early computers
Programmable calculators

Accounting machine

An accounting machine, or bookkeeping machine or recording-adder, was generally a calculator and printer combination tailored for a specific commercial activity such as billing, payroll, or ledger. Business machine and accounting machine are computer hardware stubs, Early computers, mechanical calculators and Programmable calculators.

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Adding machine

An adding machine is a class of mechanical calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations. Business machine and adding machine are mechanical calculators.

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Computer

A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).

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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.

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Photocopier

A photocopier (also called copier or copy machine, and formerly Xerox machine, the generic trademark) is a machine that makes copies of documents and other visual images onto paper or plastic film quickly and cheaply.

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Tabulating machine

The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. Business machine and tabulating machine are mechanical calculators.

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