https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u alexys anderson en-us 2016-09-06 18:38:00 UTC 2016-09-12 19:22:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png 2018_akanderson https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/121927266 A Punch Card is a piece of stiff paper that shows digital information represented by punched out holes, which often contains many types of information.]]> 2016-09-06 19:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/121927266 2018_akanderson https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/121929935 2016-09-06 19:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/121929935 2018_akanderson https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/121929997 They were often used during the 20th century (aka: the data processing industry) for vital information]]> 2016-09-06 19:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/121929997 2018_akanderson https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/122243519 Although Herman Hollerith invented them, Jacquard, originated the idea of using holes punched in cardstock to control the pattern a loom weaves.]]> 2016-09-07 18:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/122243519 2018_akanderson https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/122245526 2016-09-07 18:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/122245526 2018_akanderson https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/122246557  the typical card processing applications from the 1890's to the 1950's did not require the use of computers. A deck of cards from a retail application could be sorted by the category field on a card sorter, and then each category could be ran through a machine to sum the price of all cards in that category.]]> 2016-09-07 19:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2018_akanderson/nnxgwk1tsa5u/wish/122246557