A machine for making copies of paper tape or punched cards.

A machine that can sort punched cards into a prescribed order by means of a code punched on selected columns of the cards.

Computing. A machine that prints on a punched card fed into it the alphabetic or numerical equivalent of the pattern of holes.

technical. A keyboard device for checking whether a card or paper tape is correctly punched by indicating any discrepancy when it is inserted and…

Originally Computing. A device for reading a punched card, typically by converting the pattern of holes into electrical signals. Cf. reader, n. 8…

A device for obtaining data stored on tape, cards, or other media, usually by converting the data into electrical signals.

a device for sensing information recorded by sequences of holes or magnetized areas on computer tape (see reader, n. 8).

A punched-card machine which merges two sets of cards, or selects matching cards.

a machine that plays or reads tapes but does not record or punch them.

A part of a data-processing machine in which punched cards are deposited in a stack after having passed through the machine.

A machine or apparatus for this purpose; spec. a part of the mechanism of a typewriter (formerly, a separate attachment) for controlling the…