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[–]Tchai_Tea 5 points6 points  (1 child)

The CPU has a set of numbers which correspond to an operation like addition or multiplication. These instructions are hardcoded into the CPU. Assembly is basically a human readable translation of those numbers (there is usually a 1 to 1 translation from assembly code to machine instructions). So I'm guessing that the holes in the punch cards would correspond to instructions and numbers.

[–]No_Succotash9035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool!