quot;The triangle program reads three numbers from a punch card... and interprets them as the sides of a triangle.

"三角形程序从一个穿孔卡片中读取三个数据，并将它们作为三角形的三个边。

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Here’s Herman Hollerith’s punch-card tabulating machine designed for the 1890 census–a predecessor of modern computers, and the product of a company that, after several mergers, evolved into IBM.

这种机器是为1890年的人口普查设计的，而它正是现代计算机的前身。 生产这种机器的公司，几经合并，成为IBM公司。

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Also the little rectangular pieces of paper that are made when any sort of punch card is used for data input purposes.

当使用任意类型的打卡机输入数据时，纸张上也会出现小矩形。

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It has a precedent in the introduction of the Powers punch card system into this country by the Prudential, and the subsequent creation of Powers-Samas to make the machines.

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The count in Palm Beach County is aimed at picking up votes missed by the flawed Votomatic punch card system, which the county had been advised to abandon years ago.

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There, the punch card system gave rise to dimpled ballots and hanging chads, leaving electoral officials to scrutinise ballot papers to decipher the voter's intention.

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