keypunch

[ kee-puhnch ]

noun
  1. Also key punch .Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching 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.

Origin of keypunch

1
First recorded in 1930–35; key1 + punch1

Other words from keypunch

  • keypuncher, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for key punch

key punch

noun
  1. Also called: card punch a device having a keyboard that is operated manually to transfer data onto punched cards, paper tape, etc

verbkey-punch
  1. to transfer (data) onto punched cards, paper tape, etc, by using a key punch

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