card punch
Britishnoun
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a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards Compare card reader
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another name for key punch
Example Sentences
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Legislators swipe a plastic ID card, punch a button, and watch a small “N” or “Y” appear alongside their name on the House’s back wall.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2011
You slide in a card, punch a few digits, and out spurts cash.
From Time Magazine Archive
IBM card punch type 024, printing card punch type 026.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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