Reperforator

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages for later retransmission.

    "If an error is indicated the reperforator deletes the errored line from the tape and signals the transmitter to repeat the line of data."

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"If an error is indicated the reperforator deletes the errored line from the tape and signals the transmitter to repeat the line of data."

Etymology

From re- + perforator.

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