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Punched pockets are made in several sizes, with the most prevalent being A4 (210 mm × 297 mm; 8.3 in × 11.7 in) for Europe, or 8.5 by 11 inches (216 by 279 mm) for the United States. Depending on the location of the opening, punched pockets may be top-loading or side-loading which dictates how the document is inserted into the pocket.
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A 12-row/80-column IBM punched card from the mid-twentieth century. A punched card (also punch card [1] or punched-card [2]) is a piece of card stock that stores digital data using punched holes. Punched cards were once common in data processing and the control of automated machines.
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The machine was controlled by a "chain of cards"; a number of punched cards laced together into a continuous sequence. [9] Multiple rows of holes were punched on each card, with one complete card corresponding to one row of the design. Both the Jacquard process and the necessary loom attachment are named after their inventor.
An IBM 80-column punched card of the type most widely used in the 20th century IBM 1442 card reader/punch for 80 column cards. A computer punched card reader or just computer card reader is a computer input device used to read computer programs in either source or executable form and data from punched cards.
Punched tape or perforated paper tape is a form of data storage device that consists of a long strip of paper through which small holes are punched. It was developed from and was subsequently used alongside punched cards , the difference being that the tape is continuous.
The essential parts of a hole punch are the handle, the punch head, and the die. The punch head is typically a cylinder, with a flat end called the face. The die is a flat plate, with a hole matching the head. The head can move, while the die is fixed in place. Both head and die are usually made of a hard metal, with precise tolerances. One or ...