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0043 Can You Read A Punched Card, Looking At The Holes?
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0043 Can you read a punched card, looking at the holes?
0044 ... feeling the holes?
-- from THE HACKER TEST
Related:
0035 Can you read and write EBCDIC in hex? -- from THE HACKER TEST
0112 Ever drop a card deck? 0113 ... Did you successfully put it back together?
0114 ... Without looking? -- from THE HACKER TEST...
Information is held on magnetic tape by a series of punched holes.
0442 Can you read a machine dump? 0443 Can you disassemble code in your head?
-- from THE HACKER TEST...
0175 Do you know the RS-232C pinout? 0176 ... Can you wire a connector without looking?
-- from THE HACKER TEST...
0107 Have you ever seen voice mail? 0108 ... Can you read it? -- from THE HACKER TEST
0157 Can you read a state diagram? 0158 ... Do you need one? -- from THE HACKER TEST
lace card n. obs. A punched card with all holes punched (also called a `whoopee card' or `ventilator card').
Card readers tended to jam when they got to one of these, as the resulting card had too little structural strength to avoid buckling inside the mechanism....
lace card: n. obs. A {{punched card}} with all holes punched (also called a `whoopee card' or `ventilator card').
Card readers tended to jam when they got to one of these, as the resulting card had too little structural strength to avoid buckling inside the mechanism....