punched tape

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Etymology

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A roll of punched tape.
A 1950s Harwell Dekatron computer which used punched tape.[n 1]

From punched (adjective) +‎ tape.[1]

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punched tape (usually uncountable, plural punched tapes)

  1. (computing, historical) Synonym of paper tape (an early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes)
    Synonym: punched paper tape
    Coordinate terms: punch card, punched card
    • 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Recording Electric Operation”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 707:
      Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.

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