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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.

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Examples

  • All of the data on extant birth certificates were keypunched into an electronic database.

    L, t U & E 2010

  • Although they love getting anything they are hoping to find:a hand-written catalog card in "library hand"artifacts of homemade or local early computer systems for cards and orders, e.g. keypunched cards, etc.the ever-elusive Polaroid camera with attachment for taking pictures from the NUClocal manuals for typing cards, filing, etc.

    The Virtual Museum of Cataloging and Acquisitions Artifacts David Bigwood 2007

  • Unfortunately, very little coordination among maritime countries existed during that time, resulting in each data set being keypunched in an entirely different format, and with different coding practices.

    Houston, We've Found Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007

  • Warnings had to be keypunched by hand into a paper tape and fed through a reader.

    Storm Warning Nancy Mathis 2007

  • They keypunched your specifications like education, height, religion and other preferences and ran a match program on the computer.

    marconews.com Stories 2010

  • The questionnaires are then keypunched at NRG’s data processing center.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • The questionnaires are then keypunched at NRG’s data processing center.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • The questionnaires are then keypunched at NRG’s data processing center.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • The questionnaires are then keypunched at NRG’s data processing center.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

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