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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This includes everything from coffee shop punch cards to discounts and free shipping from your favorite retailer on your birthday.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
The event has free attendance, but beer punch cards can be purchased for those ages 21 and older.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2025
Because the primary language of computers is binary code, early programmers used punch cards to instruct computers what tasks to complete.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2024
After leading the development of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) at Penn, computer scientists J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly set about creating a replacement for punch cards.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2024
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
The event has free attendance, but beer punch cards can be purchased for those ages 21 and older.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2025
Because the primary language of computers is binary code, early programmers used punch cards to instruct computers what tasks to complete.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2024
After leading the development of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) at Penn, computer scientists J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly set about creating a replacement for punch cards.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Punch card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20card. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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