punched tape
English
editNoun
editpunched tape (usually uncountable, plural punched tapes)
- (computing) perforated paper tape
- 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Recording electric operation”, in Trains Illustrated, 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.
References
edit- “punched tape”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.