Punch Card (Noun)
Meaning
A card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Students had to fill out a punch card to vote for their favorite school lunch options.
- The early computer system relied on punch cards to input data.
- She found an old punch card in her grandfather's attic, a relic from his early programming days.
- To participate in the survey, please complete the attached punch card and return it by mail.
- In the 1960s, programmers used punch cards to write code for mainframe computers.