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Punched tape

//pʌnt͡ʃt ˈteɪp// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of paper tape (“an early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes”). historical, uncountable, usually

    "Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed."

Etymology

From punched (adjective) + tape.

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