Definition of JACQUARD LOOM (Meaning of JACQUARD LOOM) in the Online Dictionary



WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads

	See Also:	loom

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	/zhah-kar'/ A mechanical loom, invented by joseph-marie jacquard in 1801, which used the holes punched in pasteboard punch cards (which see) to control the weaving of patterns in fabric. It was the first machine to use punch cards, although it did no computation based on them. .