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Punched card

A punched card (also punch card) is a stiff paper-based medium used to store digital information via the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. Developed over the 19th to 20th centuries, punched cards were widely used for data processing, the control of automated machines, and computing. Early applications included controlling weaving…

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Punched-card devices

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Punched card

Nodes133
Edges132
Triples225
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
Components1

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related to Further reading · 58
Punched card → An, Annotated Bibliography, Archived, Article, Automation, Brief Tutorial, Canada, Cardamation, Chapter, Columbia University Press, Computer Science, Computing, Data Processing, Digital Computers, Do, Dyson, Fierheller, Film, Films, Fold
has impact · 27
Punched card → Accommodation, Although, At, Business, College, Columbia, Engineering Research Building, For, Free Speech Movement, Gamble Hall, Grand Forks, In, Input, Kansas, M-I-Z, Madison, Maya Lin, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio University
related to Standards · 21
Punched card → American National Standard Specifications, ANSI INCITS, ANSI X3, Data, Defines ISO, Derived, General Purpose Paper Cards, Hollerith, Hollerith Punched Card CodeISO, Implementation, Information, Information ProcessingANSI X3, ISO, R1991, R1997, R2002, Rectangular Holes, SpecificationISO, Specifies, Twelve-Row Punched Cards
related to Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate · 20
Punched card → At, Berkeley, Canadian, Charles, Coined, Computer Dance, Do, Do Not Fold, Doris Miles Disney, Mutilate, Phillips, Some, Spindle, Staple, The, TICKET, TV, UK, World War II, YOU MAY FOLD THIS
related to External links · 19
Punched card → An Emulator, Atlas Computer Laboratory, Collection, De Palma, Director, Douglas, Film, Gesellschaft, IBM Card, Information, Jones, Punch Card Gallery, Punched, Punched Card Codes, Punched Cards, Retrieved, Shows, Software, The Story
related to IBM 80-column format and character codes · 18
Punched card → By, Card, Clair, Continuous-form, IBM, IBM's, In, Introduced, Lake, Pierce, Royden Pierce, The, The IBM Card, There, They, Thomas, Watson, Watson Sr
related to IBM 40-column Port-A-Punch card format · 10
Punched card → According, Compiler, Designed, IBM, IBM Archive, IBM Port-A-PunchFORTRAN Port-A-Punch, IBM's Supplies Division, Port-A-Punch, SQUEEZE, The
related to Precursors · 9
Punched card → Although, Basile Bouchon, Each, In, Jacques Vaucanson, Jean-Baptiste Falcon, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Multiple, The
related to 20th century · 8
Punched card → At, Herman Hollerith, Hollerith's, Initially, Jacquard, Punch, They, This
related to Punched-card devices · 8
Punched card → Card, Computer, Employed, Includes, Keypunches, Processing, Unit, Voting

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cards punched card ibm used data holes could columns punch machines format use hollerith 80 column 12 rows two information

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checksinstance ofa warning that appeared on some punched cards distributed as documents0.80text
utility bills to be returned for processinginstance ofa warning that appeared on some punched cards distributed as documents0.80text
became a motto for the postinstance ofa warning that appeared on some punched cards distributed as documents0.80text
Punched cardhas impactWhile0.60section
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Punched cardhas impactAccommodation0.60section
Punched cardhas impactThe Man Whose Name0.60section
Punched cardhas impactWouldn't FitArtist0.60section
Punched cardhas impactMaya Lin0.60section
Punched cardhas impactOhio University0.60section
Punched cardhas impactInput0.60section
Punched cardhas impactTucker Hall0.60section

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