The idea of using punch CARDS to instruct and control a system became the basis of computer programming.

使用打孔卡指示、控制一套装置成为计算机编程的基础理念。

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In the old days, a designer working on an airplane wing handed a bunch of punch CARDS to the computer operator and waited a week to get back thousands of Numbers on fanfold paper.

那时候，一个设计飞机机翼的工程师会把一大堆穿孔卡片交给电脑操作员，等上一个星期才能拿回来成千上万的数字，而且是写在复写纸上的。

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In an early 1970s computer-science class, I learned to organize punch CARDS to run basic programs on an IBM computer so big and hot that it had its own supercooled building.

1970年代初，我曾在计算机科学课程中学习使用穿孔卡在一台IBM计算机上运行basic程序，那台计算机又大又热，以致需要拥有自备的冷却房间。

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Or, remember the standard computer punch card?

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If Burr is to be believed, Turin can punch the structure of a molecule into a computer and in 48 hours get smell predictions for 3, 000 variations.

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