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key punch
noun
- Also calledcard punch a device having a keyboard that is operated manually to transfer data onto punched cards, paper tape, etc
verb
- to transfer (data) onto punched cards, paper tape, etc, by using a key punch
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As one of these images shows, every key punch was in the script and linked to a graphic of the keyboard.
From The Daily Beast
She learned to key-punch, which was the prototype of computers.
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