paper tape

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paper tape (usually uncountable, plural paper tapes)

  1. (computing, historical) An early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes.
    Synonyms: punched paper tape, punched tape

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