Honeywell 400 Series Hardware Manual page 100

GLOSSARY
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ALPHANUMERIC CODE
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A code the character set of which contains both
letters and digits.
CARD FEED The mechanism which causes punched cards to be
transferred from the hopper to the card track.
CARD PUNCH A machine which punches holes in a punched card.
CARD READER ' A machine which reads the holes in a punched card.
CARD TRACK
That part of a machine which moves and guides
the punched card during its passage through the
machine.
CHANNEL
A path or aggregate of related paths for carrying
signals between a source and a destination.
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