card

card

¹

1. 

a. short for playing card

b. (as modifier): a card game

c. (in combination): cardsharp

2. See compass card

3. Horse racing a daily programme of all the races at a meeting, listing the runners, riders, weights to be carried, distances to be run, and conditions of each race

4. short for printed circuit card See printed circuit See also cards

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card

²

(formerly) a machine or comblike tool for carding fabrics or for raising the nap on cloth

card

[kärd]

(electronics)

A printed circuit board or other arrangement of miniaturized components that can be plugged into a computer or peripheral device.

card

(1)

A circuit board.

card

(2)

A punched card.

card

(hypertext)

An alternative term for a node in a system (e.g. HyperCard, Notecards) in which the node size is limited.