keypunch
Also key punch .Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch.
to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch: to keypunch code numbers.
Origin of keypunch
1Other words from keypunch
- keypuncher, noun
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How to use keypunch in a sentence
As one of these images shows, every key punch was in the script and linked to a graphic of the keyboard.
Space on Earth: The Secrets of Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Gravity’ | Clive Irving | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe learned to key-punch, which was the prototype of computers.
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British Dictionary definitions for key punch
Also called: card punch a device having a keyboard that is operated manually to transfer data onto punched cards, paper tape, etc
to transfer (data) onto punched cards, paper tape, etc, by using a key punch
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