"paper tape" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: paper tapes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 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. Tags: historical, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: punched paper tape, punched tape Translations (early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper): ponsband [masculine] (Dutch), reikänauha (Finnish), Lochstreifen [masculine] (German), perfojuosta [feminine] (Lithuanian), taśma dziurkowana [feminine] (Polish), taśma perforowana [feminine] (Polish), hålremsa [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "teletype",
          "teletype#Noun"
        ],
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          "machines",
          "machine#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "consist",
          "consist"
        ],
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          "long",
          "long#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "roll",
          "roll#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "encoded",
          "encode#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern#Noun"
        ],
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          "punched",
          "punch#Verb"
        ],
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          "holes",
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        ]
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        },
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          "paper",
          "paper#Noun"
        ],
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          "character",
          "character#Noun"
        ],
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        ],
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          "pattern",
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        ],
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      "sense": "early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper",
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      ],
      "word": "ponsband"
    },
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      "sense": "early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper",
      "word": "reikänauha"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lochstreifen"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perfojuosta"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taśma perforowana"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper",
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      "word": "hålremsa"
    }
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