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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
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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Punch card
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Example sentences
In many minds, the punch card system of voting was discredited.
Since punch card data have a much larger sample size, estimates made from these data will be more accurate and precise.
The appropriate codes are entered in a master punch card that is used in processing future tax returns.
Previously, commands had to be fed into a computer in batches, usually via a punch card or paper tape.
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