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Zator Company was an American retrieval company founded in 1947.

Existence

The Zator Company was an American information processing and retrieval company founded in 1947 by Calvin Mooers in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Contributions

The Zatocoding method of selecting information (invented in the summer 1947) improved information retrieval using superimposed random codes. The Zatocoding system combined this method and the descriptor method of analyzing information to retrieve information from edge-notched cards.

Published the Zator Technical Bulletin.

Persons involved

Calvin Mooers.

Papers

The records of the Zator Company are in Calvin Mooers' papers at the University of Minnesota, Babbage Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Calvin N. Mooers papers CBI 81 55455. ca. 1930-1994. [1]

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+'''Zator Company''' was an American retrieval company founded  in 1947.
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+The '''Zator Company''' was an American information processing and retrieval company founded  in 1947 by [[Calvin Northrup Mooers|Calvin Mooers]] in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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+== Contributions ==
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+The Zatocoding method of selecting information (invented in the summer 1947) improved information retrieval using superimposed random codes. The Zatocoding system combined this method and the descriptor method of analyzing information to retrieve information from edge-notched cards.
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+Published the ''Zator Technical Bulletin''.
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+== Persons involved ==
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+*[[Calvin Northrup Mooers|Calvin Mooers]].
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+See entry for [[Calvin Northrup Mooers|Calvin Mooers]].
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+== Papers ==
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+The records of the Zator Company are in Calvin Mooers' papers at the University of Minnesota, Babbage Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Calvin N. Mooers papers CBI 81 55455. ca. 1930-1994. [https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/105]
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-<td><b>[[Calvin Northrup Mooers|Calvin Mooers]]</b></td>
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-<td>Zatocoding system</td>
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-<td>The Zatocoding method of selecting information (invented summer 1947) improved information retrieval using superimposed random codes; The Zatocoding system combined this method and the descriptor method of analyzing information to retrieve information from edge-notched cards; Published the <i>Zator Technical Bulletin</i>.</td>
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-<td VALIGN=TOP><b>SOURCE:</b></td>
-<td>Mooers, C. (Feb. 1979). "Rigors of a pioneer in information science"
-(1978 Award of Merit Speech). <i>Bulletin of the American Society of Information
-Science</i>, 5(3), 14.</td>
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-<td>Records of the Zator Company are in Calvin Mooers' papers at the Charles
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