Hollerith card

English

Picture of a Hollerith card from 1895 Railroad Gazette

Etymology

After Herman Hollerith, who patented machine-readable punch card devices in 1889.

Noun

Hollerith card (plural Hollerith cards)

  1. (computing) A punch card.
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