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punch card
noun[ C ]
(alsopunchcard)uk /ˈpʌntʃ ˌkɑːd/ us /ˈpʌntʃ ˌkɑːrd/(alsopunched card, uk /ˈpʌntʃt ˌkɑːd/ us /ˈpʌntʃt ˌkɑːrd/)
a card with holes in patterns that represent information: 穿孔卡片
In some places, voters perforate holes in punch cards.在一些地方，选民在穿孔卡片上打孔。
The word "file" appears in the context of computer storage as early as 1952, referring to information stored on punched cards.“文件”一词早在1952年就出现在计算机存储的语境中，指的是存储在穿孔卡片上的信息。
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Data were recorded on punch cards.
Punched cards recorded sensitive and precise information accurately, efficiently, and inexpensively for most of the 20th century.
Touchscreen machines were brought in to replace the punchcard ballots at the centre of the 2000 presidential fiasco.
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