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Hollerith_card

Hollerith card

English

Picture of a Hollerith card from 1895 Railroad Gazette

Noun

Hollerith card ‎(plural Hollerith cards)

  1. (computing) A punch card.

Etymology

After Herman Hollerith, who patented machine-readable punch card devices in 1889.

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