Object Details
maker
Control Data
Description
This eighty-column paper punch card is cream-colored. It has square corners and the top left corner is truncated. A mark at the top of the card reads: FORTRAN STATEMENT. A mark on the bottom toward the left reads: CDC 88157. Both Control Data Corporation and IBM issued cards with the number 88157 specifically for entering programs in the language FORTRAN. The first five columns on the card were a label field, the sixth a continuation field (e.g. if the column was not blank or a zero, the problem statement was assumed to be continued on the next card) , and columns 7 through 72 gave that problem statement).
The programming language FORTRAN was introduced by IBM in 1956 and 1957, and proved popular in the 1960s. Hence the rough date assigned to the card.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Douglas W. Jones
date made
1960s
ID Number
1996.0142.02
catalog number
1996.0142.02
accession number
1996.0142
Object Name
Punch Card
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .1 cm x 19 cm x 8.4 cm; 1/32 in x 7 15/32 in x 3 5/16 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_690489