[kee-puhnch] 
| 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. |
| 2. | to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch. |
| 3. | to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch: to keypunch code numbers. |
