Meaning of punched tape | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of paper tape (“an early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes”).

historical, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.”

CEFR level