The Jacquard loom is what started [1] the punched card era. Check out this episode [2] of the podcast 99 Percent Invisible for an accessible explanation. [1] h

The Jacquard loom is what started [1] the punched card era. Check out this episode [2] of the podcast 99 Percent Invisible for an accessible explanation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom [2] https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/kids-clothes-articles-of-interest-1/transcript/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/kids-clothes-articles...