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单词 keypunch
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Definition of keypunch in English:

keypunch

noun ˈkiːpʌn(t)ʃˈkiˌpən(t)ʃ
  • A device for transferring data by means of punched holes or notches on a series of cards or paper tape.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the library was started, the Stanford University computing center was a little building with keypunch machines and a line printer.
    • Usually, fixed format cards documented the format on the top edge of the card, since keypunches almost always printed their textual information along this edge.
    • The newer 029 keypunches were used by graduate students while undergraduates were limited to using the older 026 keypunch terminals.
    • Such punch card systems, referred to as keypunches, were the basis of numerical tabulating systems of which IBM was selling over one million dollars worth in 1931.
    • We only had keypunches and everything was couriered to Langmuir.
    • Recall the days when students sat in front of keypunches laboriously preparing their programs and then waiting for hours or even days to receive a listing file containing a list of vague error messages.
    • However the accompanying text still tells of using keypunches and verifiers to ensure that the data is entered correctly.
    • I think letting people use a keypunch & sorter is a great idea, however untrained operators may cause you to get a lot of card jams & damage your machines.
    • Walk into a state-of-the-art data center, and the stark, white-tile, raised-floor visage doesn't appear substantially changed from the days of keypunches and paper tape.
    • This worked fine on the old keypunches that punched each column as you typed it, but the newer keypunches waited until you finished the 80th column and then punched the entire card.
    • We still have an IBM card reader, card punch, a couple of 083 sorters, and a couple of 129 keypunches.
    • Keypunches and printers with adequate character sets didn't exist.
    • The cards are compatible with conventional keypunches, and information is recorded on each card by the punching of a pattern of holes, each of which severs an appropriate connection.
    • I first learned to type on a keypunch machine in my father's office.
    • It turns out that this was an error, apparently an entry mistake by a keypunch operator.
verb ˈkiːpʌn(t)ʃˈkiˌpən(t)ʃ
[with object]
  • Put (data) into the form of punched cards or paper tape with a keypunch.

    there have been thousands of lines of poetry keypunched in order to produce concordances
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another difference among the states is in the precision with which location of catch data are keypunched.
    • Cards were keypunched locally for each student and each class and were ‘read’ in Richmond via a telephone line.
    • Data are keypunched and run through a series of computer checks.
    • Following questionnaire approval a survey requires about 1 week for materials production, 6 weeks for data collection, and 3 weeks for editing and keypunching data and writing your reports.
    • The number of trades that are manually keypunched would also be reduced.
    • Gloria's first job, fresh out of high school, was to keypunch data secured from dairy barns around the state.
    • With this in mind, think of all the time logisticians have spent over the years looking up codes, determining addresses, handwriting or keypunching data, or supervising those who perform these tasks.
    • Each response was carefully edited and coded before being keypunched and verified.
    • And the cost to keypunch paper lists in an electorate of 3 million voters was clearly too much, given our lack of experience in targeted political direct mail.
    • Each entry then had to be keypunched by one of the clerks, who kept us on a strict schedule so she didn't get behind in her other important work.
    • Twenty-one cubic feet of these forms have been keypunched as a statistical sample.
    • The forms were mailed to Asheville at the end of the month and then keypunched and verified with a quality-control process.
    • Most automated departments verify keypunched data, that is, information is keypunched twice and the two are compared for transcription errors made during data entry.
    • The first step in that effort, managed by Hal Malchow, who is now a leader in political direct mail technology, was to build a voter file, mostly by keypunching paper lists from the targeted counties.
    • ‘Tickets went into a bucket at the top of the jetway and were boxed and keypunched in Juarez, Mexico,’ says Kellner.

Derivatives

  • keypuncher

  • noun
    • In addition, if the program was being coded onto coding sheets and sent to a keypuncher for punching onto punched cards, any blank lines might not be keyed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was employed as a keypuncher, and would return home in the evenings and work on the book.
      • A job of about 2,000 postcards is divided and assigned to 10 external keypunchers to finish in about four hours.
      • She was married right after high school and went to work as a receptionist and keypuncher at a brokerage house.
      • Three rules useful in census and survey data processing to determine whether a coder, typist, or keypuncher is meeting quality standards are presented.
 
 

Definition of keypunch in US English:

keypunch

nounˈkēˌpən(t)SHˈkiˌpən(t)ʃ
  • A device for transferring data by means of punching holes or notches on a series of cards or paper tape.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cards are compatible with conventional keypunches, and information is recorded on each card by the punching of a pattern of holes, each of which severs an appropriate connection.
    • Such punch card systems, referred to as keypunches, were the basis of numerical tabulating systems of which IBM was selling over one million dollars worth in 1931.
    • Recall the days when students sat in front of keypunches laboriously preparing their programs and then waiting for hours or even days to receive a listing file containing a list of vague error messages.
    • Walk into a state-of-the-art data center, and the stark, white-tile, raised-floor visage doesn't appear substantially changed from the days of keypunches and paper tape.
    • It turns out that this was an error, apparently an entry mistake by a keypunch operator.
    • We only had keypunches and everything was couriered to Langmuir.
    • Usually, fixed format cards documented the format on the top edge of the card, since keypunches almost always printed their textual information along this edge.
    • When the library was started, the Stanford University computing center was a little building with keypunch machines and a line printer.
    • This worked fine on the old keypunches that punched each column as you typed it, but the newer keypunches waited until you finished the 80th column and then punched the entire card.
    • However the accompanying text still tells of using keypunches and verifiers to ensure that the data is entered correctly.
    • The newer 029 keypunches were used by graduate students while undergraduates were limited to using the older 026 keypunch terminals.
    • I first learned to type on a keypunch machine in my father's office.
    • I think letting people use a keypunch & sorter is a great idea, however untrained operators may cause you to get a lot of card jams & damage your machines.
    • We still have an IBM card reader, card punch, a couple of 083 sorters, and a couple of 129 keypunches.
    • Keypunches and printers with adequate character sets didn't exist.
verbˈkēˌpən(t)SHˈkiˌpən(t)ʃ
[with object]
  • Put into the form of punched cards or paper tape by means of a keypunch.

    there have been thousands of lines of poetry keypunched in order to produce concordances
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another difference among the states is in the precision with which location of catch data are keypunched.
    • With this in mind, think of all the time logisticians have spent over the years looking up codes, determining addresses, handwriting or keypunching data, or supervising those who perform these tasks.
    • The forms were mailed to Asheville at the end of the month and then keypunched and verified with a quality-control process.
    • Data are keypunched and run through a series of computer checks.
    • And the cost to keypunch paper lists in an electorate of 3 million voters was clearly too much, given our lack of experience in targeted political direct mail.
    • Following questionnaire approval a survey requires about 1 week for materials production, 6 weeks for data collection, and 3 weeks for editing and keypunching data and writing your reports.
    • The number of trades that are manually keypunched would also be reduced.
    • Each entry then had to be keypunched by one of the clerks, who kept us on a strict schedule so she didn't get behind in her other important work.
    • Cards were keypunched locally for each student and each class and were ‘read’ in Richmond via a telephone line.
    • Twenty-one cubic feet of these forms have been keypunched as a statistical sample.
    • Most automated departments verify keypunched data, that is, information is keypunched twice and the two are compared for transcription errors made during data entry.
    • ‘Tickets went into a bucket at the top of the jetway and were boxed and keypunched in Juarez, Mexico,’ says Kellner.
    • Each response was carefully edited and coded before being keypunched and verified.
    • Gloria's first job, fresh out of high school, was to keypunch data secured from dairy barns around the state.
    • The first step in that effort, managed by Hal Malchow, who is now a leader in political direct mail technology, was to build a voter file, mostly by keypunching paper lists from the targeted counties.
 
 
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