Punched tape or paper tape is a largely obsolete form of data storage, consisting of a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data.
paper tape (1) A slow, low-capacity, sequential storage medium used on earlier computing and communications devices. Paper tape holds data as patterns of punched holes.
paper tape ( ′pāpər ′tāp ) ( computer science ) A paper ribbon in which data may be represented by means of partially or completely punched