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preˈpunched, ppl. a. [pre- A. 1.] Of a card or the like: having holes already punched in it. Of information: already stored or represented as a pattern of holes. So preˈpunch v. trans.
1953Proc. IRE XLI. 1274/1 While at his desk the programmer may then assemble into a single deck of cards some prepunched library programs together with cards especially punched for the problem to be solved. 1957Practical Wireless XXXIII. 705/1 Pre-punched holder plates take such focal components as valves, etc. 1964T. W. McRae Impact of Computers on Accounting ii. 47 We are likely to see a great deal more of inter-business documentation in the form of machine-sensible input, such as sending a purchase order as a pre-punched card. 1965New England Jrnl. Med. CCLXXII. 1211/2 The clerk..obtained a deck of data-processing cards that had been prepunched with the patient's file number. |