1884 Herman Hollerith took out his first patent for "improvements in the art of compiling statistics." He developed a mechanical adding machine which, like many later computer systems, used punch cards for data entry. After his machine won a competition for the most efficient data processing equipment to be used in the 1890 census, he established his own company, which merged with two others in 1924 to become IBM

Hubby #1, who worked for Burroughs Corp, a competitor of IBM, called it Intermittent Bowel Movement. Can I get away with saying that?