KEYPUNCH Definition & Meaning

keypunch

[ kee-puhnch ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Also key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching punch holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.

to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch.
to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch:
to keypunch code numbers.

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First recorded in 1930–35; key ¹ + punch ¹

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At the time, code was handwritten until it was transferred onto a “keypunch card,” which was then fed into a mainframe computer.

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Keypunch coding has been replaced by cloud computing and javascript.

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“She didn’t have $300 for an abortionist and couldn‘t afford to lose her job as a keypunch operator.”

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For Suresh Bansal, who for 40 years has managed and taught at Anand Type, Shorthand and Keypunch College, that’s welcome news.

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The wanted poster for Taylor lists his occupations as dance instructor, trumpet player, keypunch operator and welder, among other things.

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