card punch
noun
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Definition for card-punch (2 of 2)
keypunch
[ kee-puhnch ]
/ ˈkiˌpʌntʃ /
noun
Also key punch. Also called card punch.
a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
verb (used with object)
to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch.
to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch: to keypunch code numbers.
OTHER WORDS FROM keypunch
key·punch·er, nounBritish Dictionary definitions for card-punch
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