card punch

noun

a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards Compare card reader
another name for key punch

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To make the balloon card, punch or cut circles and glue them down.

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"We had a card punch in our office. I would punch the cards. I would take the cards over to the building that had the computer and they had people who would run the programme."

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Legislators swipe a plastic ID card, punch a button, and watch a small “N” or “Y” appear alongside their name on the House’s back wall.

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You slide in a card, punch a few digits, and out spurts cash.

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IBM card punch type 024, printing card punch type 026.

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cardplayer card reader

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