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keypunch

[ kee-puhnch ]

noun

  1. Also key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching punch holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.


verb (used with object)

  1. to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch.
  2. to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch:

    to keypunch code numbers.

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Other Words From

  • keypuncher noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of keypunch1

First recorded in 1930–35; key 1 + punch 1
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Example Sentences

At the time, code was handwritten until it was transferred onto a “keypunch card,” which was then fed into a mainframe computer.

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Keypunch coding has been replaced by cloud computing and javascript.

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“She didn’t have $300 for an abortionist and couldn‘t afford to lose her job as a keypunch operator.”

For Suresh Bansal, who for 40 years has managed and taught at Anand Type, Shorthand and Keypunch College, that’s welcome news.

The wanted poster for Taylor lists his occupations as dance instructor, trumpet player, keypunch operator and welder, among other things.

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