perforated tape

noun

1. a US name for punched tape

Example Sentences

Examiners at the National Inventor’s Council questioned the robustness and accuracy of the internal clockwork mechanism responsible for moving the perforated tape through the system, while the U.S.

From Scientific American

At 6:30 one morning a robot control, operated by perforated tape, was set in motion to trigger an explosion atop a 300-ft. latticed steel pylon in the North African desert.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the edited copy is ready to be set in metal type, a typist reads it and makes a second perforated tape that tells in code how each line has been changed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under a slightly different system, a clean typescript and a correctly perforated tape are made in one operation�after the story is edited.

From Time Magazine Archive

The I.T.U. has also rejected a publishers' request to compose stock tables automatically from perforated tape, at a substantial saving in labor cost.

From Time Magazine Archive