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punched card
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punched card esp US, punch card
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(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (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 Sometimes shortened to card
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Noun1.punched card - a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holespunched card - a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
Hollerith card, punch card
card - one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"
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punched card [ˌpʌntʃtˈkɑːd] punch card (esp Am) n (Comput) → scheda perforata
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