card-to-tape machine
1machine — ▪ I. machine ma‧chine 1 [məˈʆiːn] noun [countable] a piece of equipment that uses power such as electricity to do a particular task: • Labour and machines are both at full capacity in the production department. • We plan to upgrade all machines… …
2Machine-readable — The term machine readable (or computer readable) refers to information encoded in a form which can be, read (i.e., scanned/sensed) by a machine/computer and interpreted by the machine s hardware and/or software. Theoretically, anything that can… …
3Machine-readable medium — In telecommunication, a machine readable medium (automated data medium) is a medium capable of storing data in a machine readable format that can be accessed by an automated sensing device and capable of being turned into (practically in every… …
4Machine-readable dictionary — ( MRD ) is a dictionary stored as machine (computer) data instead of being printed on paper. It is an electronic dictionary and lexical database.A machine readable dictionary is a dictionary in an electronic form that can be loaded in a database… …
5Tape measure — plastic tape measure (metric) Self retracting tape measure (imperial) …
6Card reader — A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card shaped storage medium. Historically, paper or cardboard punched cards were used throughout the first several decades of the computer industry to store information and write programs …
7Machine tool — A machine tool is a powered mechanical device, typically used to fabricate metal components of machines by machining, which is the selective removal of metal. The term machine tool is usually reserved for tools that used a power source other than …
8Punched card — Overpunch redirects here. For the code, see Signed overpunch. A punched card, punch card, IBM card, or Hollerith card is a piece of stiff paper that contains digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined… …
9Punched tape — Five hole and eight hole punched paper tape Punched tape or paper tape is an obsolete form of data storage, consisting of a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data. It was widely used during much of the twentieth century for… …
10Magnetic stripe card — An example of the reverse side of a typical credit card: Green circle #1 labels the Magnetic stripe A magnetic stripe card is a type of card capable of storing data by modifying the magnetism of tiny iron based magnetic particles on a band of… …
