TABULATING MACHINE
(noun)Definitions
There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Tabulating Machine.
Tabulating Machine - as a noun
An electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information and, later, accounting.
Example: "In its basic form, a tabulating machine would read one card at a time, print portions (fields) of the card on fan-fold paper, possibly rearranged, and add one or more numbers punched on the card to one or more counters, called accumulators."
Synonyms (Exact Relations)
tabulatorHypernyms (Closely Related)
machineHyponyms (Broadly Related)
Example Sentences
"The tabulating machine is used to process and analyze large amounts of data."
"Before the invention of computers, tabulating machines were commonly used in offices."
"The company invested in a new tabulating machine to streamline their data entry process."
"The tabulating machine efficiently sorted and counted the ballots during the election."
"Operators were trained to operate the complex tabulating machine accurately."
