Verb (used with object) : to keypunch code numbers. From Dictionary.com.
They called them keypunch operators, they don't call them that now. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Gwendolyn Matthews, December 9, 1999. Interview K-0654. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Unfortunately, I doubt we can recreate the experience of using an 029 keypunch. From Wordnik.com. [November 11th, 2005] Reference
She was going to be a keypunch operator, get a secretarial job, and not be 'a bad girl 'ever again. From Wordnik.com. [Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin]
Making corrections using a hand-me-down keypunch machine in the back room of the Eastern High School Physics lab. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-27] Reference
Which means fewer tellers to cash checks, fewer keypunch clerks to process them and fewer couriers to move bags of checks around. From Wordnik.com. [So Who Needs A Megabank?] Reference
Basically Beth was supposed to make keypunch operators and low level clerks think they'd be fired if they didn't contribute enough. From Wordnik.com. [SF Connect 3: Brought To You By...] Reference
I like reading your stuff, most particularly Whatever, and I can assure you that it is very difficult to keypunch with broken fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Letters From Neighborhood Bigots « Whatever] Reference
St. Aug and did not do well, came out and worked for four or five years, and when I decided, I was a keypunch operator at Wachovia Bank. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Gwendolyn Matthews, December 9, 1999. Interview K-0654. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
When I compared that data with the valid station data, I realized that the data was mis-entered by a keypunch operator and actually was valid. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on GISS Station Data « Climate Audit] Reference
In the 1988 Democratic primary in Delaware, a keypunch error gave Samuel Beard 2,800 votes more than he received in a race against incumbent Lt. Gov. From Wordnik.com. [Wisconsin Election Bombshell: How Plausible?] Reference
I show them replica of original Hollerith machine for census, then early IBM keypunch, and a few punch cards, noting that I used to punch whole decks of them. From Wordnik.com. [Experience] Reference
I soon saw that just as keypunch operation went from being a valuable skill to total obsolescence, so would manufacturing take on great upheavals in job changes. From Wordnik.com. [I Heart Chicago] Reference
The prison had been designed with the belief that vocational training would covert heroin dealers to keypunch operators and since nobody had any better ideas, still operated on the assumption. From Wordnik.com. [Courting Trouble]
The prison had been designed with the belief that vocational training would convert heroin dealers to keypunch operators and since nobody had any better ideas, still operated on the assumption. From Wordnik.com. [html]
After years of dismal productivity performance, banks, insurers and stockbrokers have finally figured out how to put computers to work efficiently, making thousands of filing clerks and keypunch operators redundant. From Wordnik.com. [Can Anyone Spare A Job?] Reference
Then each line of code would be transferred to a punch card by the keypunch operator. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
The demand for computer keypunch operators reaches its historic peak during the 1950s and. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
She had been a keypunch operator for Grumman Corp. in New York and a librarian at McDonough School. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Employing a staff of keypunch operators is essential for mainframe computer systems during this period. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
Wellman learned to keypunch as a Harvard graduate student in 1964, and he hasn't stopped playing with computers since. From Wordnik.com. [Feed of Eventbrite Events] Reference
The schools of the 1960s and '70s barely noticed computers; at best they trained people for instant obsolescence as keypunch operators. From Wordnik.com. [Tyee - Home] Reference
Back in the 1970's when I was in college, the first day of my first computer class the professor told us that "the keypunch machines are down the hall.". From Wordnik.com. [Slashdot] Reference
"In the 1970s, we were using keypunch cards to type in separate pieces of data that were then run through an IBM 360 state-of-the-art computer," he said. From Wordnik.com. [High Plains Journal: Ag News] Reference
"John Andrews" shows up as "hn andrews", which I only discover after Google has already accepted my ENTER keypunch and served up search results for the query. From Wordnik.com. [johnon.com] Reference
So ... for any of you slide rule-toting, pocket-protected keypunch-card cowboys who may be just coming out of a fifty-year coma, let me give you a quick IT update. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News from AJAX & RIA Journal] Reference
Well, I suppose the "average" user Apple mostly markets to doesn't do that much coding or keypunch, so offering a keyboard without the number pad would make a smaller keyboard. From Wordnik.com. [Engadget] Reference
I knew Janis was no keypunch operator and nobody's secretary! ". From Wordnik.com. [Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin]
I couldn’t find a copy of the letter online, so I thought I’d keypunch it in. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Calabresi’s letter of apology:] Reference
Ila Mae Hattan, 83, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. keypunch operator, died Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. Reference
keypunch error gave Samuel Beard 2,800 votes more than he received in a race against incumbent Lt. Gov. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Janis did, in fact, live with her aunt for a few weeks, in the meantime getting a job as a keypunch operator with the Los Angeles Telephone ( 'company. From Wordnik.com. [Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin]
Out of high school, I was a keypunch operator. From Wordnik.com. [True Names]
Must have excel/keypunch knowledge. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Must have excel / keypunch knowledge. From Wordnik.com. Reference
In 1969 she was a keypunch operator in Syosset. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"keypunch". From Wordnik.com. [TradingMarkets] Reference
You know what a keypunch is? ". From Wordnik.com. [True Names]
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