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keypunch
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A keypunch is a device for precisely punching holes into stiff paper cards at specific locations as determined by keys struck by a human operator. For Jacquard looms , the resulting punched cards were joined together to form a paper tape containing a program ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context computing English) A device, in which one or a combination of keys are pressed to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to a particular character 2 (context computing English) an electric machine with a keyboard that has ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1933, from keyboard (which operated it) + punch (v.), which is what it did to the cards inserted in it to record date.\n
Usage examples of keypunch.
One could enter or extract information not only with the standard keypunched computer card but also with punched paper tape, magnetic tape, a parallel printer, a typewriter, or a console.