punched card

noun

1. (formerly) a card on which data can be coded in the form of punched holes. In computing, there were usually 80 columns and 12 rows, each column containing a pattern of holes representing one character Sometimes shortened tocard

Example Sentences

MacIntosh jotted down the data Alan gave him and transferred it to a punched card.

From Project Gutenberg

The survey-ship put its findings on a punched card, six inches by eight, and went hastily on in search of something better.

From Project Gutenberg