punchcard
punchcard is the alternative spelling of punch card.
Meaning of punch card
Noun
punch card (plural punch cards)
- A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.
- Such a card, the size of a US dollar bill and having 80 columns of 12 rows, used in early mainframe computers.
- Programming by typing C++ or Python yourself might eventually seem as ridiculous as issuing instructions in binary onto a punch card.2023 November 13, James Somers, “A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN
- Such a card, the size of a US dollar bill and having 80 columns of 12 rows, used in early mainframe computers.
- A card given to a customer and punched with a hole at each purchase, allowing a reward to be claimed when fully punched.
Forms of punchcard
| plural | punchcards |
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Origin of punchcard
From punch + card.
Questions about punchcard
- What is punchcard the alternative spelling of?
- Punchcard is the alternative spelling of punch card.
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