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keypunch

[ kee-puhnch ]

noun

  1. Also key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching punch holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.

verb (used with object)

  1. to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch.
  2. to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch:

    to keypunch code numbers.

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Other Words From

  • keypuncher noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of keypunch1

First recorded in 1930–35; key 1 + punch 1

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