punch card

punch card

noun
a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
Also, punch·card, punched card.


Origin:
1940–45
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punched card or esp (US) punch card
 
n
Sometimes shortened to: card (formerly) a card on which data can be coded in the form of punched holes. In computing, there were usually 80 columns and 12 rows, each column containing a pattern of holes representing one character
 
punch card or esp (US) punch card
 
n

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