Punched card

Early method of data storage used with early computers. Punch cards are paper cards containing several punched holes that where originally punched by hand and later by computers that represents data. These cards allowed companies to store information and be able to access that information by entering the card through the computer. To the right is an example image of what a punch card looks like.

Also see: Card punch, CHAD, Punch tape

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