tape punchn.Computing a device which punches holes in paper tape in patterns that represent coded information.
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1947Tape punch [see tape readern.].
1967 A. BattersbyNetwork Anal. (ed. 2) viii. 134 The sheets are then passed to a tape-punch operator who converts the information on them into a punched tape.