CDC 5081 Punch Cards

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CDC 5081 Punch Cards
CDC 5081 Punch Card

Object Details

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Control Data

Description

These paper eighty-column punch cards are yellow, green, blue, pink and orange (two of each color). The corners of the cards are rounded, with the right top corner truncated. A mark on the lower left of the front reads: CDC 5081.

Compare 1996.0142.18, a similar eighty-column card made by IBM.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Douglas W. Jones

date made

1960s-1970s

ID Number

1996.0142.01

catalog number

1996.0142.01

accession number

1996.0142

Object Name

Punch Cards, Group Of 10

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .2 cm x 19 cm x 8.4 cm; 3/32 in x 7 15/32 in x 3 5/16 in

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

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Punch Cards

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1dc9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_690488