perforated tape
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Examiners at the National Inventor’s Council questioned the robustness and accuracy of the internal clockwork mechanism responsible for moving the perforated tape through the system, while the U.S.
From Scientific American • Jan. 10, 2012
When the edited copy is ready to be set in metal type, a typist reads it and makes a second perforated tape that tells in code how each line has been changed.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 6:30 one morning a robot control, operated by perforated tape, was set in motion to trigger an explosion atop a 300-ft. latticed steel pylon in the North African desert.
From Time Magazine Archive
This machine, by means of perforated tape, sets type by telegraph.
From Time Magazine Archive
It reached under the counter and pulled out a perforated tape.
From Tangle Hold by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)
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