key punch

British  

noun

1. Also called: card punch.  a device having a keyboard that is operated manually to transfer data onto punched cards, paper tape, etc

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verb

1. to transfer (data) onto punched cards, paper tape, etc, by using a key punch

Example Sentences

When Burnette was growing up in Cleveland, her mother, who worked as a key punch operator at an electric company, used part of her vacation to take her and her sister to “every museum in Cleveland.”

From New York Times

She was first a key punch operator and then a library clerk.

From New York Times

Hammett was a department store stock clerk and later a supervisory key punch operator at the Office of Personnel Management.

From Washington Post

Beyond the key punch room was a metal door to the room with the computer itself.

From New York Times

Xerox has been offering telecommuting options since the 1970′s when employees would literally take home their key punch clocks to finish their work.

From Forbes