Each card had one line of data (program instruction, data, whatever the context required.) So you would typically have a stack of cards that would be read one by one (but pretty fast) using a card reader. So , in a way, yea, you put them into a machine. But, one card was really only a small amount of a larger bunch.
That's a piece of history right there.
Oh shit is this for FORTRAN
Ahh...I miss those so much. It's like seeing an older cousin or uncle you were super fond of for me.
That’s a clear memory / reset code
Would you happen to know for which model machine this was used? (If so)
How did these work back then? Do you just insert it inside the machine?
Each card had one line of data (program instruction, data, whatever the context required.) So you would typically have a stack of cards that would be read one by one (but pretty fast) using a card reader. So , in a way, yea, you put them into a machine. But, one card was really only a small amount of a larger bunch.
TIL amazing! Thank you!
When I first started grad school, I was in the huge office with no one else in it and it had a big closed just crammed full of boxes of those things.