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<p>A <b>punched card</b> (also <b>punch card</b>) is a stiff paper-based medium used to store <a href="page.php?w=digital_information">digital information</a> via the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. Developed over the 19th to 20th centuries, punched cards were widely used for <a href="page.php?w=data_processing">data processing</a>, the control of <a href="page.php?w=automated_machine">automated machine</a>s, and <a href="page.php?w=computing">computing</a>. Early applications included controlling weaving looms and recording</p><p>
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