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punched tape

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punched tape sometimes US, perforated tape
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) other terms for paper tape


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The exceptions that come to mind include punched tape, Kearney & Trecker's tool magazine that led to the machining center and, obviously, CNC.
An operator could output reflectance data to a teletype machine, which produced a punched tape.
Of course this choice does provide you with a strikingly concrete metaphor for your history, the Z1 computing machine built by Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room in 1936, a machine that incorporated punched tape made from discarded 35mm movie film.
 
 
 
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