keypunch
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch.
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to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch.
to keypunch code numbers.
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Origin of keypunch
Example Sentences
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“She didn’t have $300 for an abortionist and couldn‘t afford to lose her job as a keypunch operator.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2019
She hopes to start work in a computer keypunch training program soon "so maybe I can get a good job and move away from here."
From Time Magazine Archive
Janis followed this program for five years, working as a keypunch operator, singing occasionally, dropping in and out of three colleges, and drifting to New York and San Francisco.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a large green-carpeted hall jammed with college students, flashing phones and clacking keypunch machines, Columbia University Student John Perrotta took the first call from Wisconsin at precisely 9:07 p.m.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each line of code was imprinted on the card using a keypunch machine.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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