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In the early decades of computing, there were no screens and get information into a computer, both software and data, required the use of punch cards. A person sat at a keypunch machine and typed letters and numbers. The machine punched square holes in the card. These cards were given to a computer ...

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In the early decades of computing, there were no screens and get information into a computer, both software and data, required the use of punch cards. A person sat at a keypunch machine and typed letters and numbers. The machine punched square holes in the card. These cards were given to a computer operator who fed the cards into a card reader.

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18th May 2009 by Diane Earl

Subjects:
 History, ICT, Science

Key Stages:
 Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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