card punch

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

"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."

From BBC

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.

From Washington Post

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Project Gutenberg