Noun: tape reader
- A device used to read the information encoded on punched tape
"The tape reader used compressed air, which passed through the holes and was directed into certain mechanisms of the caster"; "The paper tape reader used compressed air, which passed through the holes and was directed into certain mechanisms of the caster."; "The punched paper tape reader used compressed air, which passed through the holes and was directed into certain mechanisms of the caster."; "The punched tape reader used compressed air, which passed through the holes and was directed into certain mechanisms of the caster.";
- paper tape reader, punched paper tape reader, punched tape reader
Derived forms: tape readers
Type of: data input device, input device