Old device for recording data on cards

• Bygone data entry method
• Outmoded data entry method
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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

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 ...