Powers-Samas, the Glossary
Powers-Samas was a British company which sold unit record equipment.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: British Tabulating Machine Company, Enigma machine, International Computers and Tabulators, Plugboard, Powers Accounting Machine, Program (machine), Punched card, Typex, Unit record equipment.
- British companies disestablished in 1959
- British companies established in 1915
- International Computers Limited
- Unit record equipment
British Tabulating Machine Company
The British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM) was a firm which manufactured and sold Hollerith unit record equipment and other data-processing equipment. Powers-Samas and British Tabulating Machine Company are British companies disestablished in 1959, Defunct manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom and International Computers Limited.
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Enigma machine
The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication.
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International Computers and Tabulators
International Computers and Tabulators or ICT was a British computer manufacturer, formed in 1959 by a merger of the British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM) and Powers-Samas. Powers-Samas and International Computers and Tabulators are Defunct manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom and International Computers Limited.
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Plugboard
A plugboard or control panel (the term used depends on the application area) is an array of jacks or sockets (often called hubs) into which patch cords can be inserted to complete an electrical circuit. Powers-Samas and plugboard are unit record equipment.
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Powers Accounting Machine
The Powers Accounting Machine was an information processing device developed in the early 20th century for the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Program (machine)
A program is a set of instructions used to control the behavior of a machine.
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Punched card
A punched card (also punch card or punched-card) is a piece of card stock that stores digital data using punched holes. Powers-Samas and punched card are unit record equipment.
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Typex
In the history of cryptography, Typex (alternatively, Type X or TypeX) machines were British cipher machines used from 1937.
Unit record equipment
Starting at the end of the nineteenth century, well before the advent of electronic computers, data processing was performed using electromechanical machines collectively referred to as unit record equipment, electric accounting machines (EAM) or tabulating machines.
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See also
British companies disestablished in 1959
- Atlas Assurance Company
- British Tabulating Machine Company
- Eagle Oil and Shipping Company
- Powers-Samas
British companies established in 1915
- BP Shipping
- Bowers Group
- Fairey Aviation Company
- Holdens Brewery
- Peter Lind & Company
- Powers-Samas
- United Dairies
- Westland Aircraft
International Computers Limited
- British Tabulating Machine Company
- CADES
- Elliott Brothers (computer company)
- ICL Distributed Array Processor
- ICL Fellows
- ICL operating systems
- ICL programming languages
- International Computers Limited
- International Computers and Tabulators
- Powers-Samas
- Regnecentralen
- Transaction Processing Management System
Unit record equipment
- Fredrik Rosing Bull
- Keypunch
- Plugboard
- Powers-Samas
- Punched card
- Tabulating machine
- Unit record equipment