FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jacquard Loom is controlled by a chain of multiple cards punched with holes that determine which cords of the fabric warp should be raised for each pass of the shuttle. The ability to store and automatically reproduce complex operations found wide application in textile manufacturing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The punched cards controlled the actions of the loom, allowing automatic production of intricate woven patterns. The punched-card idea was adopted later by Charles Babbage about 1830 to control his Analytical Engine, and later still by Herman Hollerith for tabulating the 1890 USA census.

Detailed explanation-3: -(in a Jacquard loom) one of a series of perforated cards that control the manipulation of the warp threads and determine the intricate pattern woven on the material.

Detailed explanation-4: -noun. : a loom designed to weave fabrics of intricate design whose control mechanism makes use of cards with holes punched in them.