Noun: tabulating machine
- An electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information and, later, accounting
"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";
- tabulator
Derived forms: tabulating machines
Type of: machine
Encyclopedia: Tabulating machine