NAME: Adeoye christianah Adeola
DEPARTMENT: Nursing
MATRIC NUMBER:24/0678
COURSE CODE COS 101
PUNCH CARD
A punched card is a piece of card stock that stores digital data using punched holes. Punched
cards were once common in data processing and the control of automated machines.A 12-
row/80-column IBM punched card from the mid-twentieth century
Punched cards were widely used in the 20th century, where unit record machines, organized
into data processing systems, used punched cards for data input, output, and [Link] IBM
12-row/80-column punched card format came to dominate the industry. Many early digital
computers used punched cards as the primary medium for input of both computer programs
and [Link] can be entered onto a punched card using a keypunch.
While punched cards are now obsolete as a storage medium, as of 2012, some voting
machines still used punched cards to record [Link] cards also had a significant
cultural impact in the 20th century.
HOW A PUNCH CARD IS USED IN THE PAST
A punch card is used to program,To load the program or read punch card data, each card is
inserted in a punch card reader to input data from the card into a computer. As the card is
inserted, the punch card reader starts on the top-left side of the card, reading vertically from
top to [Link] early digital computers used punched cards as the primary medium for
input of both computer programs and data. Data can be entered onto a punched card using a
keypunch. While punched cards are now obsolete as a storage medium, as of 2012, some
voting machines still used punched cards to record votes.
