Meanings
nounpaper tape (usually uncountable, plural paper tapes)
plural paper tapes
- historicaluncountableusuallycomputingAn early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes.
Synonyms: punched paper tape, punched tape
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes.
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Translations
Dutch ponsband
- ponsbandearly sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper
Finnish reikänauha
- reikänauhaearly sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper
German Lochstreifen
- Lochstreifenearly sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper
Lithuanian perfojuosta
- perfojuostaearly sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper
Polish taśma dziurkowana, taśma perforowana
- taśma dziurkowanaearly sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper
- taśma perforowanaearly sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper
Swedish hålremsa
- hålremsaearly sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper
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APA
paper tape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20tape
MLA
“paper tape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20tape. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paper tape,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20tape.
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