Inevitably if that was a chadless
card punch all other
card punches produced 'chad'.
In 1895, Gore installed at Prudential a key-operated
card punch and electro-mechanical sorter of his own invention and his brother-in-law's construction.(23) His sorting device used a radial configuration quite different from Hollerith's contemporary or future designs to sort specially designed cards (incompatible with those used by Hollerith) at a rate of 250 cards per minute, much faster than Hollerith's sorting box.
They come back because they love accumulating points or having their
card punched. The airlines come to mind.
Optimised protocols are provided for reference, database and paternity testing for a variety of sample types, including FTA
card punches, non-FTA punches and swabs.
If customers bought eight car washes and had the
card punched each time, they'd get a car wash free.
Discs of
card punched out by the machines, known as chads, were at the heart of the disputed ballot.
For the automated punch investigation, 7 x 3.2 mm discs were excised per spot ([+ or -] 75 [micro]l) from 202 samples and a clean
card punched between each sample.
Logistics executives have had their
card punched in operations and tactical management; being a supply chain executive requires a broader view of the enterprise.
Each time a customer spends an increment of money, they get their
card punched. When the card is filled, they get a free item.
From the time she had begun working for us, getting her management
card punched was a major career step.
* Even with line printers and
card punches, only the required number of characters need be transferred.
Fifty years ago, IBM were making typewriters and
card punches. Now, they make a cutting edge computer technology for export around the world.