<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also key punch.</li><li>Also called card punch.</li><li>a machine operated by a keyboard for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch.</li><li>to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch: to keypunch code numbers.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>