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plural reperforators
(telecommunications) A device for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages for later retransmission. quotations examples
If an error is indicated the reperforator deletes the errored line from the tape and signals the transmitter to repeat the line of data.
1958, Electronic Industries Association Engineering Dept., Proceedings of the EIA Conference on Automation Systems for Business and Industry, page 88
The reperforator punches the routing indicator, along with the message body, into a tape
1960, Ehrhard A. Rossberg with Helmut E. Korta, Teleprinter Switching, page 217
Creed's, earlier a world leader in teletype and reperforator equipment, could not or would not manage the transition to manufacture the tape punches
2005, John Robert Ferris, Intelligence and Strategy: Selected Essays, page 176