Hollerith card

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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)

  1. (computing, historical) A punch card.
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