Punched Card

Domain	Definition
Computing	Punched card n.obs. [techspeak] (alt. `punch card') The signature medium of computing's Stone Age, now obsolescent outside of some IBM shops. The punched card actually predated computers considerably, originating in 1801 as a control device for mechanical looms. The version patented by Hollerith and used with mechanical tabulating machines in the 1890 U.S. Census was a piece of cardboard about 90 mm by 215 mm. There is a widespread myth that it was designed to fit in the currency trays used for that era's larger dollar bills, but recent investigations have falsified this. IBM (which originated as a tabulating-machine manufacturer) married the punched card to computers, encoding binary information as patterns of small rectangular holes; one character per column, 80 columns per card. Other coding schemes, sizes of card, and hole shapes were tried at various times. The 80-column width of most character terminals is a legacy of the IBM punched card; so is the size of the quick-reference cards distributed with many varieties of computers even today. See chad, chad box, eighty-column mind, green card, dusty deck, lace card, card walloper. Source: Jargon File.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Punched Card

Domain	Title
Books	Using the Keypunch and Other Punched Card Equipment (reference) Punched Card Methods in Scientific Computation (The Charles Babbage Institute/Reprint Series for the History of Computing, Vol. 5) (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Punched Card

Modern Translation: Punched Card

Language		Translations for "punched card"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		hulkort (card, punch card, punch cards, punched cards, tabulating card). (various references)

Dutch		ponskaart (card, punch card, tabulating card), geperforeerde kaart (tabulating card). (various references)

Finnish		reikäkortti (punch card). (various references)

French		carte perforée, carte mécanographique. (various references)

German		Lochkarte (punch card). (various references)

Greek		διάτρητο δελτίο (card, punch card). (various references)

Hungarian		lyukkártya (card punch, punch card). (various references)

Italian		scheda perforata (card, peek-a-boo card, tabulating card). (various references)

Pig Latin		unchedpay ardcay

Portuguese		cartão perfurado (card, perforated paperboard, punched paperboard card). (various references)

Spanish		ficha perforada (card). (various references)

Swedish		hålkort (card, punch card, punch cards, punched cards). (various references)

Turkish		delikli kart (punch card). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Punched Card

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-d-e-h-n-p-r-u"
	-2 letters: craunched.
	-3 letters: capuched, cranched, crunched, paunched, undraped.
	-4 letters: accrued, adducer, capuche, chanced, chancre, cheddar, chuddar, chudder, churned, craunch, daunder, durance, endarch, hundred, parched, pranced, pudenda, punched, puncher, ranched, undrape, unheard, upreach.
	-5 letters: accrue, adduce, apercu, arched, cached, cancer, carded, carped, cedarn, chance, chared, cranch, craned, craped, crunch, curded, danced, dancer, dander, daphne, darned, dhurna.
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Definition: Punched Card

Expression	Frequency per Day
punched card	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.