mark sensingn.
/ˈmɑːk ˌsɛnsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑrk ˈˌsɛnsɪŋ/ The process by which a device detects or reads data in the form of a sequence of marks. See mark-sensing adj.
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mark sensing1946
tape reading1970
1946 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 109 117 With mark-sensing, punching has been fully mechanized, takes place at 6,000 cards an hour instead of 300, and includes automatic verification.
1959 E. M. Grabbe et al. Handbk. Automation, Computation, & Control II. v. 19 Mark sensing uses special electrical conducting marks placed in various positions on punched cards.
1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing iii. 55 Information can also be recorded in a card with a pencil, and in a subsequent operation, ‘mark sensing’, the markings are translated to punched holes in the cards.
1990 A. J. B. Anderson Interpreting Data (BNC) xiii. 154 Optical scanning devices have become increasingly used for data capture either via some sort of bar coding system..or by means of equipment able to read pencil markings at specified positions on a sheet of paper (‘mark sensing’).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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