Unit record machines are actually _______.
Unit record machines are actually a sort of punching machine.
Starting at the end of the nineteenth century, well before the advent of electronic computers, data processing was performed using electro mechanical machines called unit record equipment.
Machines with a keyboard that punch cards from operator entered data. Includes card sorters, tabulating machines and a variety of other machines. Computer punched card reader — a computer input device used to read executable computer programs and data from punched cards under computer control.