The IBM 513 Reproducing Punch (photo) was a card

Punched card

A punched card, punch card, IBM card, or Hollerith card is a piece of stiff paper that contains digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions...

 punching machine developed by IBM

IBM

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. The machine could perform these functions:

• Reproducing all or part of the data on a deck of punched cards.
• Gang punching—copying punched information from a master card.
• Summary punching—punching a total or new balance card amounts which have been accumulated in the accounting machine.
• Mark sensing—the operation by which information recorded in the form of pencil marks is turned into punches on the cards.

Mark sensing allowed a person to enter data to be used in punched-card data processing without using a keypunch machine. It was used for tasks such as recording long distance calls or electric meter readings.

External links

• Columbia University Computing History: IBM Reproducing/Summary Punches.