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The History of Punched Cards: Using Paper to Store Information

Wahl, 2018

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5180489094521055292
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Wahl R
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The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence

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Punched cards are small pieces of heavy paper stock that were used in a variety of industries for the control of machinery. This was achieved by punching a series of holes in the cards along a series of rows and columns. Punched cards were used for many years in …
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