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Punch cards store data. That data can then be analysed by feeding the cards into a punch card reader.
An electronic punch card system was the first data entry system for computers. Cards were punched with holes according to the information that was stored or directions for the computer. The card was inserted into a card reader and the data was collected. Factories still use a type of punch card system with their manual time cards. Only with the time card, information is printed on the card instead of holes punched.
Punch cards were used by computer programmers back when computers used punch cards. The cards were used to tell the computer what to do. Programmers had a machine that they used to write computer programs and it would punch the holes in the cards. It took a lot of cards just to write on program.
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