bit buckets

A form of bit bucket — A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of bit bucket
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of bit bucket
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