Electric vs Keypunch - What's the difference?
electric | keypunch |
Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
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Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
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Drawing electricity from an external source; not battery-operated; corded.
(informal) .
(rare) An electric car.
(archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
(computing) A device, in which one or a combination of keys are pressed to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to a particular character
(computing) an electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function
To use such a device or machine
As nouns the difference between electric and keypunch
is that electric is (informal) while keypunch is (computing) a device, in which one or a combination of keys are pressed to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to a particular character.As an adjective electric
is of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.As a verb keypunch is
to use such a device or machine.electric
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Alternative forms
* electrick (chiefly archaic)Adjective
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Out of the gloom, passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}}
- Electric Pindar.
Derived terms
* electrical * electrical outlet * electrical engineer * electric chair * electric darts * electric eye * electric fence * electric grid (power grid) * electric shockNoun
(en-noun)References
* * *Dictionary.com definitions of electric* Niels H. de V. Heathcote (December 1967). "
The early meaning of electricity'': Some ''Pseudodoxia Epidemica'' - I". ''Annals of Science 23 (4): pp. 261-275. 1000 English basic words ----
