Keypunch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Keypunch is a noun meaning (computing) An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
Meaning
(computing) An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
More Meanings
- To use such a device or machine
- (computing) A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
Example Sentences
In an admirable combination of the skills of the scientist and the sensitivity of the artist, he mapped hundreds of thousands of images through a keypunch data-processing system and then tried to understand the meanings of the patterns that emerged independent of his own classifications.
Word Forms
- keypunches
- keypunching
- keypunched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include perforated, puncture, punctured, cardpunch, punch, puncher.
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