punch card
noun[C]
(alsopunchcard)uk/ˈpʌntʃ ˌkɑːd/us/ˈpʌntʃ ˌkɑːrd/(alsopunched card,uk/ˈpʌntʃt ˌkɑːd/us/ˈpʌntʃt ˌkɑːrd/)acardwithholesinpatternsthatrepresentinformation:
穿孔卡片In someplaces,votersperforateholesinpunchcards.在一些地方，选民在穿孔卡片上打孔。
The word "file"appearsin thecontextofcomputerstorageas early as 1952, referring toinformationstoredonpunchedcards.“文件”一词早在1952年就出现在计算机存储的语境中，指的是存储在穿孔卡片上的信息。
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- Data wererecordedonpunchcards.
- Punchedcardsrecordedsensitiveandpreciseinformationaccurately,efficiently, and inexpensively for most of the 20thcentury.
- Touchscreenmachineswerebroughtin toreplacethe punchcardballotsat thecentreof the 2000presidentialfiasco.
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- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- primary
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
- whistle-stop
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