file card

American  

noun

1. a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 centimeters) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 centimeters).

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Etymology

Origin of file card

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Among other responsibilities, the CDU was tasked with creating a file card for every demonstrator it could identify at protests in Philadelphia.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2023

Although Syndicated Columnist Maxine Cheshire, who broke the story, was shown in March a file card that revealed three gifts presented in 1972, they had been received in the Gifts Unit only the day before.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later, he transcribed his notes to a file card that went into a growing mass of research on Reagan the man and President, to be distilled into a biography after Reagan leaves office.

From Time Magazine Archive

The magazine reproduced a Stasi file card indicating that an informant lived at De Maiziere's Berlin address.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inside was a file card, written in green Biro.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell