Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
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Aperture Card

Title:

Printed Circuit Board Generator, BRM Gate

Artist:

Ed Lebron

Date:

1970

Material:

Card stock, polyester film

Dimensions:

7⅜ x 3¼ in. (187 x 83 mm)

Company:

U.S. Dept of the Navy / 3M

Location:

Washington, D.C., United States

An 80-column card with a cutout to hold a 35 mm microfilm image. The card encoded what we would now call metadata, which allowed documents to be indexed and searched. They were used mainly for engineering drawings and are still sometimes used for archival purposes.