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reperforator en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English perforator English reperforator From re- + perforator.

Meanings

1. A device for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages for later retransmission.
   • The reperforator punches the routing indicator, along with the message body, into a tape 1960, Ehrhard A. Rossberg with Helmut E. Korta, Teleprinter Switching, page 217:
   • Creed's, earlier a world leader in teletype and reperforator equipment, could not or would not manage the transition to manufacture the tape punches 2005, John Robert Ferris, Intelligence and Strategy: Selected Essays, page 176:
   • If an error is indicated the reperforator deletes the errored line from the tape and signals the transmitter to repeat the line of data. 1958, Electronic Industries Association Engineering Dept., Proceedings of the EIA Conference on Automation Systems for Business and Industry, page 88:

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