In 1805, Jacquard invented _____ as a data storage medium for storing patterns to be woven into cloth.
A) magnetic tape
B) punched cards
C) floppy disks
D) double-entry bookkeeping
E) notches in wooden sticks

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Jacquard invented punched cards as a way to store patterns to be woven into cloth. These cards had holes punched in them that corresponded to the weaving pattern, and were fed through the loom to control the weaving process. This was an early form of data storage and programming, and is considered a precursor to modern computing.

In 1805, Jacquard Invented _____ as a Data Storage Medium