paper tape

English

Noun

paper tape (usually uncountable, plural paper tapes)

1. (computing, historical) 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.

   Synonyms: punched paper tape, punched tape

Translations

early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper

• Dutch: ponsband (nl) m
• Finnish: reikänauha
• German: Lochstreifen (de) m
• Lithuanian: perfojuosta f
• Polish: taśma dziurkowana f, taśma perforowana (pl) f
• Swedish: hålremsa c

See also

• Punched tape on Wikipedia.Wikipedia