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A Rolodex is a rotating card file device used to store business contact information. Its name, a
A Rolodex is a rotating card file device used to store business contact information. Its name, a portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsgenericized (usually as ''rolodex'') for any
File:Rolodex™ 67236 Rotary Business Card File.jpg, Rolodex 67236 rotary business card file
File:Rolodex with Altered Cards.jpg, A decorative rolodex
File:Decorative Rolodex 2.jpg, A decorative rolodex
File:Rolodex Cards - End of Box.jpg, Rolodex cards refill box
File:A large filled rolodex viewed from the side.jpg, A large filled rolodex viewed from the side
personal organizer
A personal organizer, datebook, date log, daybook, day planner, personal analog assistant, book planner, year planner, or agenda (from Latin ''agenda'' – things to do), is a small book or binder that is designed to be portable. It usually con ...
performing this function, or as a metonym
Metonymy () is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.
Etymology
The words ''metonymy'' and ''metonym'' come from grc, μετωνυμία, 'a change of name' ...
for the total of an individual's accumulated business contacts. In this usage, it has generally come to describe an effect or characteristic of the small-world network
A small-world network is a type of mathematical graph in which most nodes are not neighbors of one another, but the neighbors of any given node are likely to be neighbors of each other and most nodes can be reached from every other node by a sm ...
of a business's investors, board of directors
A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit orga ...
, or the value of a CEO's contacts, or in organizational structure
An organizational structure defines how activities such as task allocation, coordination, and supervision are directed toward the achievement of organizational aims.
Organizational structure affects organizational action and provides the founda ...
. The Rolodex is iconic enough as a piece of ubiquitous business furniture that it has been shown in the Smithsonian.
History
The Rolodex was invented in 1956 by Danish engineer Hildaur Neilsen, the chief engineer of Arnold Neustadter's company Zephyr American, a stationery manufacturer in New York. Neustadter was often credited with having invented it. First marketed in 1958, it was an improvement to an earlier design called the ''Wheeldex''. Zephyr American also invented, manufactured and sold the ''Autodex'', a spring-operated phone directory that automatically opened to the selected letter; ''Swivodex'', an inkwell that did not spill; ''Punchodex'', a paper hole puncher; and ''Clipodex'', an office aid that attached to a stenographer's knee. Neustadter retired and sold out to a larger firm in 1970.Images
See also
* Address book * Contact list * Microsoft Cardfile *Customer relationship management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
CRM systems compile data from a r ...
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External links
* Products introduced in 1958 Newell Brands Office equipment Containers {{product-stub