punched card
Perforated computing input
A punched card is a stiff paper card that stores data as patterns of holes in specific positions.
Machines read the presence or absence of holes to process information.
Punched cards were the primary input medium for early computers through the mid-20th century: The programmer submitted her job as a deck of punched cards.
Also called punch card.
Punch card computing inventor
- IBMMultinational technology corporation
- mainframeLarge centralized computer system
- tabulatingRecording data systematically
- keypunchDevice perforating data cards
data processing · batch processing · sorter · collator · chad · perforation · data entry · ENIAC
Punch card computing inventor
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- enumerationSequential listing of items
data collection · sorting · counting · survey · record keeping · government · bureaucracy
Voting document
- chadPunched-out paper bits
- hanging chadIncompletely detached ballot perforation
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
- recountNarrate or retally
polling · vote counting · election · precinct · tabulation · butterfly ballot · voter intent
Elderly business-oriented programming language
- assemblyConstructing from components
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
- source codeProgramming instructions before compilation
- codingWriting software instructions
flowchart · debugging · machine code · batch processing · subroutine · algorithm · instruction set · loop
Hollerith
Punch card computing inventor
- IBMMultinational technology corporation
- mainframeLarge centralized computer system
- tabulatingRecording data systematically
keypunch · data processing · batch processing · sorter · collator · chad · perforation · data entry · ENIAC · UNIVAC
Hollerith
Punch card computing inventor
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
enumeration · data collection · sorting · counting · survey · record keeping · government · bureaucracy
ballot
Voting document
- chadPunched-out paper bits
- hanging chadIncompletely detached ballot perforation
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
recount · polling · vote counting · election · precinct · tabulation · butterfly ballot · voter intent
COBOL
Elderly business-oriented programming language
- assemblyConstructing from components
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
- source codeProgramming instructions before compilation
coding · flowchart · debugging · machine code · batch processing · subroutine · algorithm · instruction set · loop · programmer
loom
Fabric-making frame
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
silk · brocade · automation · mechanical · fabric · Lyon · harness · warp · weft
punched cardsolid-state drive
Flash-based persistent storage
cloud storage · flash memory · magnetic tape · hard disk · USB drive
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