punch card
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punch card
noun punch cards · punchcard
- A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.
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Such a card, the size of a US dollar bill and having 80 columns of 12 rows, used in early mainframe computers.
Programming by typing C++ or Python yourself might eventually seem as ridiculous as issuing instructions in binary onto a punch card.
Similar: punched card, Hollerith card
- A card given to a customer and punched with a hole at each purchase, allowing a reward to be claimed when fully punched.
Similar: index card, punched card
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Similar: index card, punched card
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noun card with have holes or notches used for storing data
| 日本語 | パンチカード panchi kādo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 打孔卡 dǎkǒngkǎ |
| Português | cartão perfurado |
| Français | carte perforée |
| Deutsch | Lochkarte |
| Italiano | scheda perforata |
| Română | cartelă perforată |
| Русский | перфока́рта perfokárta |
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