Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A keyboard machine used to punch holes in cards or tapes for data-processing systems.
- intransitive & transitive verb To process on or use such a keyboard machine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun computing A device, in which one or a combination of
keys are pressed topunch holes inpunched cards orpaper tape that correspond to a particularcharacter - noun computing an
electric machine with akeyboard that has the same function - verb To use such a device or machine
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Examples
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Up until that time all changes made to the immense data base that we maintained on personnel and equipment was done via 'keypunch' cards.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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Up until that time all changes made to the immense data base that we maintained on personnel and equipment was done via 'keypunch' cards.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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Up until that time all changes made to the immense data base that we maintained on personnel and equipment was done via 'keypunch' cards.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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In the 1988 Democratic primary in Delaware, a keypunch error gave Samuel Beard 2,800 votes more than he received in a race against incumbent Lt. Gov.
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I show them replica of original Hollerith machine for census, then early IBM keypunch, and a few punch cards, noting that I used to punch whole decks of them.
Experience EliRabett 2010
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The Senate still files its campaign finance reports on paper (!), forcing the FEC to re-keypunch their data and delaying vital disclosure of who is funding their campaigns by more months.
Can the Internet Counter the Coming Gusher of Money in Politics? 2010
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The quick progression after I left home at 16 was keypunch operator to computer programmer to waitress to barmaid to go-go dancer to streetwalker to call girl to PORN STAR!
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Ms. Crupi, 49, who joined the company in 1983 as a keypunch operator, had primary responsibility for a bank account that allegedly served as the main Ponzi scheme fund Mr. Madoff ' s firms used to receive investors ' money and pay redemptions.
Two Ex-Madoff Employees Face Criminal Charges Chad Bray 2010
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Which means fewer tellers to cash checks, fewer keypunch clerks to process them and fewer couriers to move bags of checks around.
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After years of dismal productivity performance, banks, insurers and stockbrokers have finally figured out how to put computers to work efficiently, making thousands of filing clerks and keypunch operators redundant.
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