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• chad box n. A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large wastebasket), for collecting the chad (sense 2) that accumulated in Iron Age card punches.
  You had to open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box....
• punched card:: alt. `punch card' [techspeak] n.obs.
  The signature medium of computing's {Stone Age}, now obsolescent outside of some IBM shops....
• punched card n.obs. [techspeak] (alt. `punch card') The signature medium of computing's Stone Age, now obsolescent outside of some IBM shops.
  The punched card actually predated computers considerably, originating in 1801 as a control device for mechanical looms....
• bit bucket n. [very common] 1. The universal data sink (originally, the mythical receptacle used to catch bits when they fall off the end of a register during a shift instruction).
  Discarded, lost, or destroyed data is said to have `gone to the bit bucket'....
• chad: /chad/ n. 1. The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion.
  Also called {selvage} and {perf}. 2. obs. The confetti-like paper bits punched out of cards or paper tape...
• chad /chad/ n. 1. [common] The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion.
  Also called selvage, perf, and ripoff 2. obs. The confetti-like paper bits punched out of cards or paper tape...
• computer confetti n. Syn. chad. Though this term is common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
  GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during which he and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of rice....
• computer confetti: n. Syn. {chad}. Though this term is common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
  GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during which he and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of rice....
• ipoff n. Synonym for chad, sense 1.