noun
Computing term for a strip of paper or plastic with holes punched to store data; historically used for early computers and teleprinters.
昔のコンピューターは穿孔テープにプログラムを保存していた。
Old computers stored programs on punched tape.
Punched card, a similar data storage medium but in card form rather than a continuous tape.
Compound of 穿孔 (せんこう, 'perforation') and テープ ('tape'), a direct translation of the English term 'punched tape'.