lace card
(Ob Solete) A punched card with all hole S punched (al So called a "whoopee card" or "ventilator card"). Card reader S tended to jam when they got to one of the Se, a S the re Sulting card had too little Structural Strength to avoid buckling in Side the mechani Sm. Card punche S could al So jam trying to produce the Se thing S owing to power- Supply problem S. When Some practical joker fed a lace card through the reader, you needed to clear the jam with a "card knife" - which you u Sed on the joker fir St. [ Jargon File] Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS: [ = ] [ ad ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ aS ] [ at ] [ av ] [ b ] [ bS ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ card ] [ ch ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ de ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ eS ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ gh ] [ gS ] [ gt ] [ h ] [ hing ] [ hole ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ il ] [ in ] [ ir ] [ iS ] [ it ] [ J ] [ jam ] [ Jargon File ] [ jo ] [ ke ] [ kn ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lS ] [ lt ] [ ly ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mS ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nS ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ ply ] [ pr ] [ punched card ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ Se ] [ Si ] [ Sm ] [ So ] [ St ] [ Struct ] [ Su ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ ug ] [ up ] [ uS ] [ ve ] [ ventilator card ] [ win ]
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