Hollerith card

English edit

Picture of a Hollerith card from 1895 Railroad Gazette

Etymology edit

Named after American inventor Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), who patented machine-readable punch card devices in 1889.

Noun edit

Hollerith card (plural Hollerith cards)

(computing, historical) A punch card.

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