That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.
Source: wiktionary
Holdover
Synonyms for "holdover" (67 found)
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5 translations across 3 languages.
Hungarian
2 entries- csökevény noun (Translations)
- maradvány noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- pozostałość noun (Translations)
Spanish
2 entries- remanente noun (Translations)
- vestigio noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
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Castle Rock Middle School was a frowning pile of red brick standing between the Post Office and the Library, a holdover from the time when the town elders didn't feel entirely comfortable with a school unless it looked like a reformatory.
Source: wiktionary
This rangefinder not only measures the distance to the target, but also provides a digital readout of the inches of holdover at that distance.
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