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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>chad box</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="chad.html" title="chad"/><link rel="next" href="chain.html" title="chain"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">chad box</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chad.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="chain.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="chad-box"/><dt xmlns="" id="chad-box"><b>chad box</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large
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wastebasket), for collecting the <a href="chad.html"><i class="glossterm">chad</i></a> (sense 2) that
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accumulated in <a href="../I/Iron-Age.html"><i class="glossterm">Iron Age</i></a> card punches. You had to
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open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box. The
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<a href="../B/bit-bucket.html"><i class="glossterm">bit bucket</i></a> was notionally the equivalent device in
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the CPU enclosure, which was typically across the room in another great
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gray-and-blue box.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chad.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="chain.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">chad </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> chain</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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