punch card
noun
: a card in which holes are punched in designated positions to represent data
called also Hollerith card, punched card
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In the early 1960s, when Wolf’s coding efforts could involve stacks of punch cards a foot and a half high, she was awed by the range of ideas her Panoramic colleagues threw at the wall.
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Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
At the time, most of the world’s computers—massive machines that stored data on punch cards or magnetic tape—resided in large corporate offices and government labs.
—Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
In an era when data had to be stored on punch cards, this was almost impossible.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
This was a groundbreaking tool that revolutionized how numbers were crunched, moving from mainframes and punch cards to something that could be run on a personal computer.
—Steve Murphy, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
At the time, most of the world’s computers—massive machines that stored data on punch cards or magnetic tape—resided in large corporate offices and government labs.
—Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
In an era when data had to be stored on punch cards, this was almost impossible.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
This was a groundbreaking tool that revolutionized how numbers were crunched, moving from mainframes and punch cards to something that could be run on a personal computer.
—Steve Murphy, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Punch card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20card. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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