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穿孔カード (senkoukaado) Japanese meaning: punch card | Kotomora

穿せん孔こうカード

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Meanings

1

punch card

Computing term for a card with holes representing data, used historically for data processing.

昔むかしのコンピューターは穿せん孔こうカードでプログラムを読よみ込こん

で

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Old computers used to read programs from punch cards.

この博はく物ぶつ館かんには、実じっ際さいに使つかわれていた穿せん孔こうカードが展てん示じされている。

This museum exhibits punch cards that were actually used.

Kanji

穿put on (to the feet), dig, pierce
孔cavity, hole, slit

Related words

パンチカード
Synonymous loanword from English 'punch card', more common in modern contexts. 穿孔カード is the Japanese-coined term using kanji.

Built from

穿せん孔こう+カード

Etymology

Compound of 穿孔 (せんこう, 'perforation') and カード ('card'), a calque or translation of English 'punch card'.