paper tape

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paper tape

noun paper tapes

historical, uncountable, usually An early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes.
Similar: punched paper tape, punched tape

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noun early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper

Deutsch	Lochstreifen

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@misc{paper_tape_2026,
  title = {paper tape},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paper%20tape},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}