Keypunch, the Glossary
A keypunch is a device for precisely punching holes into stiff paper cards at specific locations as determined by keys struck by a human operator.[1]
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57 relations: Art Deco, Assembly language, Backspace, Bit bucket, Card reader, Chad (paper), Character encoding, Chinese language, Computer programming in the punched card era, Computer terminal, Data (computer science), Data entry, Data entry clerk, Data processing, Diode, Dot matrix, EBCDIC, Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, Fortran, Herman Hollerith, IBM, IBM Kanji System, IBM RPG, IBM System/3, IBM System/360, IBM System/370, Inforex 1300 Systems, Jacquard machine, Japanese language, Keyboard technology, Korean language, List of IBM products, Magnetic tape, Mohawk Data Sciences, Pantograph, Personal computer, Pertec, Powers Accounting Machine, Program (machine), Punched card, Punched card input/output, Punched tape, Raymond Loewy, Relay, Remington Rand, Ribbon, Solenoid, Solid Logic Technology, Standard Modular System, Time-sharing, ... Expand index (7 more) »
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Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.
Assembly language
In computer programming, assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions.
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Backspace
Backspace is the keyboard key that in typewriters originally pushed the carriage one position backwards, and in modern computer systems typically moves the display cursor one position backwards,The meaning of "backwards" depends on the direction of the text, and could get complicated in text involving several bidirectional categories.
Bit bucket
In computing jargon, the bit bucket (or byte bucket) is where lost computerized data has gone, by any means; any data which does not end up where it is supposed to, being lost in transmission, a computer crash, or the like, is said to have gone to the bit bucket – that mysterious place on a computer where lost data goes, as in. Keypunch and bit bucket are punched card.
Card reader
A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium and provides the data to a computer.
Chad (paper)
Chad refers to fragments sometimes created when holes are made in a paper, card or similar synthetic materials, such as computer punched tape or punched cards. Keypunch and Chad (paper) are punched card.
Character encoding
Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using digital computers.
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.
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Computer programming in the punched card era
From the invention of computer programming languages up to the mid-1970s, most computer programmers created, edited and stored their programs line by line on punch cards.
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Computer terminal
A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system.
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Data (computer science)
In computer science, data (treated as singular, plural, or as a mass noun) is any sequence of one or more symbols; datum is a single symbol of data.
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Data entry
Data entry is the process of digitizing data by entering it into a computer system for organization and management purposes.
Data entry clerk
A data entry clerk, also known as data preparation and control operator, data registration and control operator, and data preparation and registration operator, is a member of staff employed to enter or update data into a computer system.
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Data processing
Data processing is the collection and manipulation of digital data to produce meaningful information.
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Diode
A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance).
Dot matrix
A dot matrix is a 2-dimensional patterned array, used to represent characters, symbols and images.
EBCDIC
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) is an eight-bit character encoding used mainly on IBM mainframe and IBM midrange computer operating systems.
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
The Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) (March 1946 – 1950) was a computer company founded by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.
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Fortran
Fortran (formerly FORTRAN) is a third generation, compiled, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Keypunch and Fortran are American inventions.
Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was an American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting. Keypunch and Herman Hollerith are punched card.
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
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IBM Kanji System
The IBM Kanji System was announced in 1971 to support Japanese language processing on the IBM System/360 computers.
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IBM RPG
RPG is a high-level programming language for business applications, introduced in 1959 for the IBM 1401.
IBM System/3
The IBM System/3 was an IBM midrange computer introduced in 1969, and marketed until 1985.
IBM System/360
The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a family of mainframe computer systems that was announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978. It was the first family of computers designed to cover both commercial and scientific applications and a complete range of applications from small to large.
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IBM System/370
The IBM System/370 (S/370) is a range of IBM mainframe computers announced as the successors to the System/360 family on June 30, 1970.
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Inforex 1300 Systems
Inforex Inc. corporation manufactured and sold key-to-disk data entry systems in the 1970s and mid-1980s.
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Jacquard machine
The Jacquard machine is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé.
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Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.
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Keyboard technology
The technology of computer keyboards includes many elements.
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Korean language
Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent.
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List of IBM products
The list of IBM products is a partial list of products, services, and subsidiaries of International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s.
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Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film.
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Mohawk Data Sciences
Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation (MDS) was an early computer hardware company, started by former Univac engineers in 1964; by 1985 they were struggling to sell off part of their company.
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Pantograph
A pantograph (from their original use for copying writing) is a mechanical linkage connected in a manner based on parallelograms so that the movement of one pen, in tracing an image, produces identical movements in a second pen.
Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use. Keypunch and personal computer are American inventions.
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Pertec
Pertec Computer Corporation (PCC), formerly Peripheral Equipment Corporation (PEC), was a computer company based in Chatsworth, California which originally designed and manufactured peripherals such as floppy drives, tape drives, instrumentation control and other hardware for computers.
Powers Accounting Machine
The Powers Accounting Machine was an information processing device developed in the early 20th century for the U.S. Census Bureau. Keypunch and Powers Accounting Machine are UNIVAC unit record equipment.
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Program (machine)
A program is a set of instructions used to control the behavior of a machine.
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Punched card
A punched card (also punch card or punched-card) is a piece of card stock that stores digital data using punched holes. Keypunch and punched card are UNIVAC unit record equipment and unit record equipment.
Punched card input/output
A computer punched card reader or just computer card reader is a computer input device used to read computer programs in either source or executable form and data from punched cards. Keypunch and punched card input/output are punched card.
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Punched tape
Five- and eight-hole wide punched paper tape Paper tape reader on the Harwell computer with a small piece of five-hole tape connected in a circle – creating a physical program loop Punched tape or perforated paper tape is a form of data storage device that consists of a long strip of paper through which small holes are punched.
Raymond Loewy
Raymond Loewy (November 5, 1893 – July 14, 1986) was a French-born American industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries.
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Relay
A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switch. Keypunch and relay are American inventions.
Remington Rand
Remington Rand, Inc. was an early American business machine manufacturer, originally a typewriter manufacturer and in a later incarnation the manufacturer of the UNIVAC line of mainframe computers.
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Ribbon
A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying.
Solenoid
An illustration of a solenoid Magnetic field created by a seven-loop solenoid (cross-sectional view) described using field lines A solenoid is a type of electromagnet formed by a helical coil of wire whose length is substantially greater than its diameter, which generates a controlled magnetic field.
Solid Logic Technology
Solid Logic Technology (SLT) was IBM's method for hybrid packaging of electronic circuitry introduced in 1964 with the IBM System/360 series of computers.
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Standard Modular System
The Standard Modular System (SMS) is a system of standard transistorized circuit boards and mounting racks developed by IBM in the late 1950s, originally for the IBM 7030 Stretch.
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Time-sharing
In computing, time-sharing is the concurrent sharing of a computing resource among many tasks or users by giving each task or user a small slice of processing time.
Two-pass verification
Two-pass verification, also called double data entry, is a data entry quality control method that was originally employed when data records were entered onto sequential 80-column Hollerith cards with a keypunch. Keypunch and Two-pass verification are punched card.
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Unit record equipment
Starting at the end of the nineteenth century, well before the advent of electronic computers, data processing was performed using electromechanical machines collectively referred to as unit record equipment, electric accounting machines (EAM) or tabulating machines. Keypunch and unit record equipment are punched card and UNIVAC unit record equipment.
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United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.
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UNITYPER
The UNITYPER was an input device for the UNIVAC I computer manufactured by Remington Rand, which went on sale in mid-1951 but was not in operation until June 1952.
UNIVAC
UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation.
Vacuum tube
A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied.
25L6
The 25L6 is an octal-based vacuum tube of the Beam tetrode type.
See also
IBM keypunches
- Keypunch
Punched card
- Bit bucket
- Card image
- Chad (paper)
- Herman Hollerith
- IBM Building, Honolulu
- Keypunch
- Lace card
- Mark sense
- Punched card
- Punched card input/output
- Signed overpunch
- Tabulating machine
- Tub file
- Two-pass verification
- Unit record equipment
UNIVAC unit record equipment
Unit record equipment
- Fredrik Rosing Bull
- Keypunch
- Plugboard
- Powers-Samas
- Punched card
- Tabulating machine
- Unit record equipment
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch
Also known as IBM 001, IBM 002, IBM 011, IBM 012, IBM 015, IBM 016, IBM 024, IBM 026, IBM 028, IBM 029, IBM 031, IBM 032, IBM 036, IBM 056, IBM 059, IBM 129, IBM 26, IBM 29, IBM 824, IBM 826, Key punch, Key puncher, Key-to-disk, Key-to-tape, Keypunch department, Keypunch machine, Keypunched.
, Two-pass verification, Unit record equipment, United States Census Bureau, UNITYPER, UNIVAC, Vacuum tube, 25L6.