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2. Chad (paper) - Wikipedia

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   Chads from punched cards.Each chad is about 3 mm (1 ⁄ 8 in) long. Votomatic [1] voting machines of the type used in the 2000 election in Florida The chip (chad) receiver from a UNIVAC key punch Pouring chads from a jar at the Computer History Museum Asymmetrical chad produced by a railroad ticket punch

3. Schiffli embroidery machine - Wikipedia

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   The punch card, a concept borrowed from the Jacquard loom, recorded the end points of each stitch, as well as other functions that could be performed by the machine, e.g. stitching, boring, or advancing the material. The conversion of the design into a punch card was known as punching. Card reader fully automated schiffli embroidery machine by ...

4. Keypunch - Wikipedia

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   Jacquard cards were said to be stamped or cut, rather than punched. The first Jacquard cards were stamped by hand, sometimes using a guide plate. An improvement involved placing the card between two perforated metal plates, hinged together, inserting punches according to the desired pattern, and then passing the assembly through a press to cut the card.

5. Computer programming in the punched card era - Wikipedia

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   A single program deck, with individual subroutines marked. The markings show the effects of editing, as cards are replaced or reordered. Many early programming languages, including FORTRAN, COBOL and the various IBM assembler languages, used only the first 72 columns of a card – a tradition that traces back to the IBM 711 card reader used on the IBM 704/709/7090/7094 series (especially the ...

6. Punched tape - Wikipedia

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   The resulting paper tape, also called a "chain of cards", was stronger and simpler both to create and to repair. This led to the concept of communicating data not as a stream of individual cards, but as one "continuous card" (or tape). Paper tapes constructed from punched cards were widely used throughout the 19th century for controlling looms.

7. Category:Punched card - Wikipedia

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   This category contains articles about punched cards and card handling equipment, including card readers, card punches, and keypunches. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.