punch card
noun
: a card in which holes are punched in designated positions to represent data
called also Hollerith card, punched card
Examples of punch card in a Sentence
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It would be programmed by punch cards, like the industrial looms of the time.
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Charlie Fink, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Using rudimentary punch cards, Mr. Meyer dabbled in programming at Harvard’s computation center, which housed room-sized computers.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
Participants can pick up their punch cards at Haven (3381 30th St.), Louisiana Purchase (2305 University Ave.), or North Park Mini Park (3812 29th St.).
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
Visit the four taprooms (which are within 0.3 mile of each other) and try each brewery’s beer special; that earns you a punch on a special punch card.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
Most of those mechanical calculators were eventually replaced by IBM punch card accounting machinery.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2023
By age 12, Mr. Mitnick had figured out how to freely ride the bus using a $15 punch card and blank tickets fished from a dumpster.
—Orlando Mayorquin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
Jim had a brief stint in the Army and then punched keys for a few years, back when data were stored on punch cards.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
Ice cream eaters will get a punch card and each card will have 60 punches.
—oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
Charlie Fink, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Using rudimentary punch cards, Mr. Meyer dabbled in programming at Harvard’s computation center, which housed room-sized computers.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
Participants can pick up their punch cards at Haven (3381 30th St.), Louisiana Purchase (2305 University Ave.), or North Park Mini Park (3812 29th St.).
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
Visit the four taprooms (which are within 0.3 mile of each other) and try each brewery’s beer special; that earns you a punch on a special punch card.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
Most of those mechanical calculators were eventually replaced by IBM punch card accounting machinery.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2023
By age 12, Mr. Mitnick had figured out how to freely ride the bus using a $15 punch card and blank tickets fished from a dumpster.
—Orlando Mayorquin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
Jim had a brief stint in the Army and then punched keys for a few years, back when data were stored on punch cards.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
Ice cream eaters will get a punch card and each card will have 60 punches.
—oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
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“Punch card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20card. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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