punched tape

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noun

Computers. paper tape.

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Origin of punched tape

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby punched tape

punchboard, punch bowl, punch card, punch-drunk, punched card, punched tape, puncheon, punch in, Punchinello, punching bag, punch line

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How to use punched tape in a sentence

My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As zealots poured in from Arkansas and Mississippi, a wire service reporter got punched in the ribs.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I stood with a tape recorder, listening to men denounce the liberal media controlled by Jews.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Is there any better Beyoncé lyric to use in response to the most shocking celebrity tape this side of One Night in Paris?
Yoncé Said Knock You Out: The Solange and Jay Z Story|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But just as the Solloway family was about to leave Noah saw Scotty, punched him, and strangled him.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale|Tim Teeman|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He gets out and does things while these fatheads stay in quarters and untangle red tape.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
A handkerchief, once red, with polka spots, contained a ragged flannel shirt and a stocking-heel tied with a piece of tape.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
Black Hood knew what it was to be a policeman with hands bound by red tape or political intrigue.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
The clerk who waited on them had come to the table and placed a punched ticket for the sundaes on it.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Darry and Burd just then caught sight of the punched check lying on the table and they both reached for it.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose

British Dictionary definitions for punched tape

punched tape

sometimes US perforated tape

noun

a strip of paper for recording information in the form of rows of either six or eight holes, some or all of which are punched to produce a combination used as a discrete code symbol, formerly used in computers, telex machines, etc

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