Paper tape holds data as patterns of punched holes. (2) A paper roll printed by a calculator or cash register. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Otherwise, it’s probably on a USB flash drive or SD card. But in the old days, paper tape was a widespread way to store and retrieve data. A common way to start the day at the office was to ...

And the idea of being able to build new instruments to create it, like this paper-tape programmable music box (YouTube, embedded below), is beyond impressive. The build video hints at more details ...

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