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COLUMN-BY-COLUMN FEED [1 record]

Record 1 2012-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Office Machinery
DEF

A machine-feed method of placing cards in the feed hopper of a punched-card machine in which one of the short edges of the card enters the machine first, so that the columns of the card are read sequentially.

Key term(s)
  • column-by-column feed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Mécanographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Máquinas de oficina
DEF

Sistema de alimentación de tarjetas (fichas) perforadas en el que una tarjeta entra en la vía de tarjetas con la columna 1 o la 80 a la cabeza (tratándose de tarjetas de 80 columnas).

OBS

Contrasta con alimentación línea por línea (sideways feed).

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