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Chad (paper)

Chads from punched cards. Each chad is about 3 mm (1⁄8 in) long.
Votomatic[1] voting machines of the type used in the 2000 election in Florida
The chip (chad) receiver from a UNIVAC key punch
Pouring chads from a jar at the Computer History Museum
Asymmetrical chad produced by a railroad ticket punch

Chad refers to fragments sometimes created when holes are made in a paper, card or similar synthetic materials, such as computer punched tape or punched cards. The word "chad" has been used both as a mass noun (as in "a pile of chad") and as a countable noun (pluralizing as in "many chads").

  1. ^ "Votamatic". Verified Voting Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

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