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Word: keypunch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...letters as they arrive at "540." One machine stamps the envelopes, another counts them into bundles of 100, still another slits them for easy opening. In the case of a subscription order, all the necessary information is put on to a set of I.B.M. tabulating cards by a keypunch machine. The subscriber's name and address appear in printed form on only one of the cards, and the address sticker which is glued to the copy of TIME each week is copied from this card. This is done on a facsimile machine, a fantastic electric eye device which "reads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 21, 1952 | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

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