punch card
nounDefinition of punch card
: a card in which holes are punched in designated positions to represent data
— called also Hollerith card, punched card
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Then in 1889 Herman Hollerith, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, invented an electromechanical tabulating machine that used punch cards. — John Steele Gordon, WSJ, "A Short History of Census Taking," 28 June 2019 But the insurance company was having trouble going from punch cards to a computer. — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, "Remembering Ross Perot: Gene Aune watched him take Blue Cross into the computer age," 11 July 2019 The eight non-pitching starters for each team were voted in by fans using computer punch cards, the first time since 1957 fans had a vote. — Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com, "Top Cincinnati Reds games: No. 33 – Pete Rose, NL win 1970 MLB All-Star Game at Riverfront," 27 June 2019 No doubt, any Masters of Doom TV adaptation will focus on Romero's very late '70s/early '80s-sounding childhood stories of playing D&D or biking with pockets full of computer-compatible punch cards. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "id Software’s origin story set to become USA Network TV series," 27 June 2019 Using punch card technology originally designed for census-taking, the Nazi infrastructure of death was able to take on an infamous efficiency. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Study Shows Precisely How Nazi Infrastructure Enabled the Worst of the Holocaust," 2 Jan. 2019 Hello Falafel gift certificates that can't be used this week will be honored at Odd Duck; full Hello Falafel punch cards can be exchanged for an Odd Duck gift card worth $8, the price of a sandwich. — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Odd Duck event space to replace Hello Falafel," 2 Jan. 2018 There will also be a punch card tracking customer's visits. — Michael Walsh, Courant Community, "Library Farmers Market Enters Fifth Season," 27 June 2018 To be sure, the current U.S. moral crisis is no holocaust and IBM’s deep involvement in customizing its punch card technology for the Nazis stands out like a red flag compared to a simple government cloud services contract. — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, "Data Sheet—Tech Industry Condemns Migrant Child Separation Policy. But What Will They Actually Do About It?," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'punch card.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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