- card catalog
- noun Date: 1854 a catalog (as of books) in which the entries are arranged systematically on cards
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card catalog
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card catalog — card .catalog n AmE a box of cards that contain information about something and are arranged in order, especially the cards with book information on them in a library British Equivalent: card index … Dictionary of contemporary English
card catalog — card ,catalog noun count a box of cards, each of which has different information on it, usually arranged in alphabetical order in a library … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
card catalog — noun 1. a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card • Syn: ↑card catalogue • Hypernyms: ↑library catalog, ↑library catalogue 2. an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card… … Useful english dictionary
card catalog — card′ cat alog n. lib a file of cards listing the items in the collection of a library • Etymology: 1850–55, amer … From formal English to slang
Card catalog (cryptology) — The card catalog, or catalog of characteristics, in cryptography, was a system designed, and first completed about 1935, by Polish Cipher Bureau mathematician cryptologist Marian Rejewski to facilitate decrypting German Enigma messages. The card… … Wikipedia
card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
card catalog — noun (C) AmE a box of cards that contain information about something and are arranged in order, for example in a library; card index BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Card catalog(ue) — Карточный каталог … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
The American Card Catalog — is a reference book for American trade cards produced before 1951, compiled by Jefferson Burdick.It has become the de facto method in identifying and organizing trade cards produced in the Americas pre 1951. The book catalogues sports and non… … Wikipedia
card-in|dex — card index, a file of cards referring to separate books, pictures, or other items in a collection, so arranged as to aid in finding items desired; card file; card catalog: »[He] and his people have built up a card index with details of every one… … Useful english dictionary
