punch card
or punchcard, punched card
a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
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How to use punch card in a sentence
Electronic data processing defined the American age of the Organization Man, a nation built and sorted on punch cards.
It means coding just got much easier, higher impact and thus more important, just as when punch cards were replaced by keyboards, or when Grace Hopper invented the compiler.
OpenAI’s Codex Translates Everyday Language Into Computer Code | Jason Dorrier | August 15, 2021 | Singularity HubAt the desk he checked in with the shiny punch-card robot, and walked swiftly across the polished floor.
The Link | Alan Edward NourseOn such work as teaming, where teams are hauling earth along a road for a considerable distance, a punch-card is very valuable.
The paper in the curve-tracer was perfectly blank, and there was no punch-card in the transmitter head.
The Romantic Analogue | W.W. Skupeldyckle
He jerked the punch-card out of the transmitter and called Vic.
The Romantic Analogue | W.W. Skupeldyckle
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