The pattern for each row of the cloth was defined by a punched card.

每排布图案由穿孔卡片定义。

And punch cards were used by computer programmers as late as the 1970s.

而在20世纪70年代，计算机程序员使用穿孔卡片。

And punch cards weren't only useful for getting data into computers, but also getting data out of them.

穿孔卡片不仅对将数据输入计算机有用，而且对从计算机中提取数据也很有用。

Punched cards, turned out to be a cheap , reliable, fairly human readable way to store data.

穿孔卡片被证明是一种廉价、可、相当人性化数据存储方式。

If you loaded in a stack of punch cards, the reader would load them all into memory sequentially, as a big block.

如果您装入一叠穿孔卡片，读卡器会将它们作为一个大块依次加载到内存中。

A grueling 36-day Florida recount battle stemmed from problems with the state's punch card machines where poor ballot design left hanging chads on some ballots.

佛罗里达州进行了为期36天艰苦重新计票之战，原因是该州穿孔卡片机问题，选票设计在一些选票上留下了悬挂小角。

To vary the pattern across rows these punch cards were arranged in long chains, forming a sequence of commands for the loom.

为了改变行间图案，这些穿孔卡片被排列成长链，形成了织布机一系列命令。

A close cousin to punch cards was punched paper tape, which is basically the same idea, but continuously instead of being on individual cards.

穿孔卡片近亲是穿孔纸带，这基本上是相同想法，但连续而不是在单独卡片上。

Punch cards were a useful and popular form of storage for decades, they didn't need power, plus paper was cheap and reasonably durable.

几十年来，穿孔卡片是一种有用且流行存储方式，它们不需要电源，而且纸张便宜且相当耐用。

The main program was stored on 62,500 punchcards, roughly equivalent to 5 megabytes of data, that's the size of an average smartphone photo today.

主程序存储在 62,500 张穿孔卡片上，大约相当于 5 兆字节数据，这是当今智能手机照片平均大小。