English Explanatory Dictionary

punch card

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.
  2. Such a card, the size of a US dollar bill and having 80 columns of 12 rows, used in early mainframe computers.
  3. A card given to a customer and punched with a hole at each purchase, allowing a reward to be claimed when fully punched.

Word forms

punch card punch cards punchcard

Synonyms

index card punched card Hollerith card

Related words

multipunch

Translations

Bulgarian: перфокарта Chinese Mandarin: 打孔卡 Czech: děrný štítek Danish: hulkort Dutch: ponskaart Finnish: reikäkortti French: carte perforée German: Lochkarte Hungarian: lyukkártya Icelandic: gataspjald Irish: tollchárta Italian: scheda perforata Japanese: パンチカード Lithuanian: perfokorta Portuguese: cartão perfurado Romanian: cartelă perforată Russian: перфока́рта Serbo-Croatian: бу̑шена̄ ка̀ртица Serbo-Croatian: bȗšenā kàrtica Swedish: hålkort
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