reperforator
nounEtymology From re- + perforator.
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Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications A device for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages for later retransmission.
- 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:
- The reperforator punches the routing indicator, along with the message body, into a tape1960, Ehrhard A. Rossberg with Helmut E. Korta, Teleprinter Switching, page 217:
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- Creed's, earlier a world leader in teletype and reperforator equipment, could not or would not manage the transition to manufacture the tape punches2005, John Robert Ferris, Intelligence and Strategy: Selected Essays, page 176: