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Keypunch

A keypunch is a device for precisely punching holes into stiff paper cards at specific locations as determined by keys struck by a human operator. Other devices included here for that same function include the gang punch, the pantograph punch, and the stamp. The term was also used for similar machines used by humans to transcribe data onto punched tape…

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Post-WW II IBM keypunches and verifiers for 80-column cards

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Hollerith and IBM keypunches, 1890 through 1930s

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Stamping Jacquard cards, 1801 through 1890

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Post-WW II IBM keypunches and verifiers for 80-column cards

IBM 5496 Data Recorder for 96 column cards

Powers, Remington Rand (UNIVAC) keypunches

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Keypunch

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Triples147
Avg. degree1.97
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Keypunch

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related to Powers, Remington Rand (UNIVAC) keypunches · 23
Keypunch → Automatic Verifying Machine Type, Beginning, Column Alphabetical, Column Numerical, Eckert, IBM, In, James Powers, Mauchly Computer Corporation, Portable Electric Punch Type, Powers, Powers Accounting Machine Company, Powers Keypunch, Remington Rand, Remington Rand's UNIVAC, Spot Punch Type, That, Their, Type, Types
related to Hollerith and IBM keypunches, 1890 through 1930s · 14
Keypunch → Alphabetical Duplicating Punch, Alphabetical Printing Punch, Electric Keypunch, Herman Hollerith's, Hollerith, In, Keyboard Punch, Later Hollerith, Motor-Driven Electric Duplicating Keypunch, The, The Tabulating Machine Company, This, Type, Use
related to IBM 059 Card Verifier · 11
Keypunch → Card Punch, Despite, IBM, In, Ironically, Some, The, The IBM, This, Verifier, When
related to IBM 129 Card Data Recorder · 11
Keypunch → Backspace, Card Data Recorder's, Duplicate, IBM, Introduced, Register, Release, System/370, The, When, With
related to Transition to direct data entry · 10
Keypunch → However, In, Inforex, Mohawk Data Sciences, Pertec, Punched, Remington Rand, The, UNITYPER, UNIVAC
related to IBM 024, 026 Card Punches · 9
Keypunch → Both, By, Card Punch, IBM, Printing Card Punch, Punch, The, The IBM, They
related to External links · 7
Keypunch → Card PunchIBM Archives, Columbia University Computing History, IBM, IBM KeypunchesIBM Archives, IBM Punched Card Accounting, Machines, Working
related to IBM 056 Card Verifier · 7
Keypunch → Card Punch, It, Printing Card Punch, Successfully, The, The IBM, This
related to Program card · 7
Keypunch → IBM, If, Program, Program Card, Second Program, Skip Bar, The
related to IBM 5496 Data Recorder for 96 column cards · 6
Keypunch → Card Sorter, Data Recorder, IBM, In, System/3, The IBM

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Keypunchis adevice for precisely punching holes into stiff paper cards at specific locations as determined by keys struck by a human operator0.90text
Inforexinstance ofThe rise of microprocessors and inexpensive computer terminals led to the development of additional key-to-tape and key-to-disk systems from smaller companies0.80text
Pertec.Keypunchesinstance ofThe rise of microprocessors and inexpensive computer terminals led to the development of additional key-to-tape and key-to-disk systems from smaller companies0.80text
punched cards were still commonly used for both datainstance ofThe rise of microprocessors and inexpensive computer terminals led to the development of additional key-to-tape and key-to-disk systems from smaller companies0.80text
program entry through the 1970s but were rapidly made obsolete by changes in the entry paradigminstance ofThe rise of microprocessors and inexpensive computer terminals led to the development of additional key-to-tape and key-to-disk systems from smaller companies0.80text
by the availability of inexpensive CRT computer terminalsinstance ofThe rise of microprocessors and inexpensive computer terminals led to the development of additional key-to-tape and key-to-disk systems from smaller companies0.80text
the amount of wearinstance ofof its own based on several variables0.80text
dirtinstance ofof its own based on several variables0.80text
and clearance of the bail contacts within the keyboardinstance ofof its own based on several variables0.80text
as well as factors in the base machineinstance ofof its own based on several variables0.80text
shiftinstance ofSpecial function keys0.80text
releaseinstance ofSpecial function keys0.80text

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