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The First Informationexplosion

dc.date.accessioned2023-04-11T10:07:33Z
dc.date.available2023-04-11T10:07:33Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-20
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202304017750
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14574
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectdehomageng
dc.subjectIBMeng
dc.subjectpowerseng
dc.subjectperforatoreng
dc.subjectsorting machineeng
dc.subjecttabulating machineeng
dc.subjectcountereng
dc.subjectinformation explossioneng
dc.subjectoffice workeng
dc.subjectoffice machineeng
dc.subjectsales systemeng
dc.subjectpunch cardeng
dc.subjectpunched cardeng
dc.subjectliquefaction of informationeng
dc.subjecttypewritereng
dc.subjectadder machineeng
dc.subjectfeminizationeng
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.ddc900
dc.subject.ddc600
dc.titleThe First Informationexplosioneng
dc.typeWorking paper
dcterms.abstractThe paper places punch card technology in the context of the office machine industry in Germany and discusses the exciting relationship between the two competitors on the market for punch card technology, Dehomag and Powers, in Germany. The question is whether the leading role of the United States in the use of office machines frequently cited by Anglo-American authors really applies. How punch card technology in Germany has advanced from its beginnings is discussed under the heading of rationalisation strategies. The technologies of the punching machine, the sorting machine and the tabulating machine are shown and an example of tabulating a sales table is given. At the example of a chocolate producer a punch card is discussed of how the various products of the chocolate plant are organized on the card. The punch card could use only one thousandth of the information content available in the binary number system. The buzzword of the information explosion, which was introduced into the debate by Lars Heide, will be filled in here. Many examples are given how the use of punch card technology expands the demand for information. The paper gives evidence for the suggestion of Theo Pirker that formalization of information induces the growth of the information department in enterprises so that the rationalization is absorbed by expansion. This process is labeled as informationexplosion and the paper portrays the first informationexplosion in history. The article concludes with an overview of how punch card technology fits into the broader debate about the feminisation of the office. The research in the eBook is based on various archives: The Federal Archive Berlin, the State Archive Berlin, the Economic Archive Baden–Württemberg in Hohenheim, the corporate archive of Bayer AG in Leverkusen, the archive of Deutsche Museum Munic, the archive auf Technikmuseum Berlin, and the Municipial Archive Nuremberg.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorVahrenkamp, Richard
dcterms.extent61 Seiten
dc.contributor.corporatenameKassel, Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaftenger
dc.subject.swdDeutschlandger
dc.subject.swdDeutsche HollerithMaschinen Gesellschaftger
dc.subject.swdIBM Corporationger
dc.subject.swdPowers Accounting Machine Companyger
dc.subject.swdLochkarteger
dc.subject.swdBüromaschinenindustrieger
dc.subject.swdInformationger
dc.subject.swdBüroarbeitger
dc.subject.swdSchreibmaschineger
dc.subject.swdGeschichte 1910-1939ger
dc.title.subtitleThe Role of Punch Card Technology in the Office Rationalization in Germany, 1910-1939eng
dc.type.versionupdatedVersion
dcterms.source.seriesWorking Paper on the History of Computing
dcterms.source.volumeNo. 1/2017
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