multiread feeding

multiread feeding

[′məl·tē‚rēd ‚fēd·iŋ]

(computer science)

A system of reading punched cards in which the card passes a sensing station several times and successive fields of the card are read on consecutive machine cycles, enabling several lines to be printed from a single card. Also known as multicycle feeding.

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