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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. A computer card punch is a computer output device that punches holes in cards. Sometimes computer punch card readers were combined with computer card punches and ...
A lace card from the early 1970s. A lace card (also called a whoopee card, ventilator card, flyswatter card, or IBM doily [citation needed]) is a punched card with all holes punched. They were mainly used as practical jokes to cause disruption in card readers. Card readers tended to jam when a lace card was inserted, as the resulting card had ...
The first combination of card punch and typewriter, permitting selected text to be typed and punched, was developed by the Powers company in 1925. [23] The IBM 824 Typewriter Card Punch was an IBM 024 where the 024 keyboard was replaced by an IBM electric typewriter. [24] Similarly, the IBM 826 used an IBM 026 Keypunch. [25]
The first order from outside of Germany came in 1938. In 1948, the company was renamed to Friedrich Grohe Armaturenfabrik. [3] In 1956, Grohe purchased Carl Nestler Armaturenfabrik, with a factory in Lahr/Schwarzwald. [4] In the same year, the company launched the Skalatherm, an automatic mixing valve with integrated thermostat. [5]
A wall-sized display sample of a punch card for the 1954 U.S. Census of Agriculture. ANSI INCITS 21-1967 (R2002), Rectangular Holes in Twelve-Row Punched Cards (formerly ANSI X3.21-1967 (R1997)) Specifies the size and location of rectangular holes in twelve-row 3 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch-wide (83 mm) punched cards.
2007 Toyota Yaris hatchback owner's manual 1919 Ford Motor Company car and truck operating manual. An owner's manual (also called an instruction manual or a user guide) is an instructional book or booklet that is supplied with almost all technologically advanced consumer products such as vehicles, home appliances and computer peripherals.
A notched card showing two levels of notching. Edge-notched cards or edge-punched cards are a system used to store a small amount of binary or logical data on paper index cards, encoded via the presence or absence of notches in the edges of the cards. [1]
Since 1978, the "Punch-a-Bunch" pricing game, on the American television game show The Price Is Right (1972–present), has included an over-sized punchboard. The 1993 series finale of the television series Quantum Leap includes a group of miners buying punchboard chances.