hardware (
IBM called this a "chip box") A metal box about
the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large
wastebasket), for collecting the
chad that accumulated in
card punch periodically and empty the chad box.
The
bit bucket was notionally the equivalent device in the
CPU enclosure, which was typically across the room in
another great grey-and-blue box.
(1996-11-20)