punched card

Noun

Meaning

a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

punch card Hollerith card punched cards card with punched holes piece of stiff pape containing digital data card perforated according to a code hole-filled sheet holey card perforated paper card perforated sheet card with perforations flyswatter card perforated sheet card perforation card perforation paper

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Hypernyms

card

Examples

A "12 zone" punch set both B and A, an "11 zone" set B, and a "0 zone" (a 0 punch combined with any others) set A. Thus the letter A, which is (12,1) in the punched card format, is encoded (B,A,1). Source: Internet

Aperture cards Aperture card * Aperture cards have a cut-out hole on the right side of the punched card. Source: Internet

A punched card printing plate. Source: Internet

A variety of more-expensive add-ons followed, including magnetic tape systems, punched card readers and punches, and faster punch tape and printer systems. Source: Internet

IBM 96 column punched card According to the IBM Archive: IBM's Supplies Division introduced the Port-A-Punch in 1958 as a fast, accurate means of manually punching holes in specially scored IBM punched cards. Source: Internet

Cultural impact A $75 U.S. Savings Bond, Series EE issued as a punched card. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

punchcutting punchdown punchdrunk punched cards punched out punched paper tape