punched card

noun

1. (formerly) a card on which data can be coded in the form of punched holes. In computing, there were usually 80 columns and 12 rows, each column containing a pattern of holes representing one character Sometimes shortened tocard

Example Sentences

Along the way, Dr. Sloane recorded sequences on file cards, then on punched cards.

From New York Times

Scientists communicated with these room-size machines by feeding mathematical and textual instructions into vacuum tubes via typewriters, magnetic tape and punched cards.

From New York Times

That technology was the punched card, which ushered in the digital revolution, ultimately giving rise to computers and the internet.

From Seattle Times

America's first social security benefits were disbursed through punched cards in the 1930s.

From BBC

“I think people think that, back then, women were just secretaries, who typed code, punched cards, and didn’t do intellectual work,” says Emilia Huerta-Sánchez.

From Nature