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"word": "бу̑шена̄ ка̀ртица"
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"A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.",
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"word": "перфокарта"
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"roman": "dǎkǒngkǎ",
"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"word": "打孔卡"
},
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
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"word": "hulkort"
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"word": "ponskaart"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"word": "reikäkortti"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"tags": [
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"word": "carte perforée"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"tags": [
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"word": "Lochkarte"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"word": "lyukkártya"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"tags": [
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"word": "gataspjald"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"tags": [
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"word": "tollchárta"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"tags": [
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"word": "scheda perforata"
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
"word": "パンチカード"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "card with have holes or notches used for storing data",
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"word": "бу̑шена̄ ка̀ртица"
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