Na u ka mpha histori e khutšoanyane ea polokelo ea boitsebiso?
Ka 1725, Basile Bouchon o ile a qapa likarete tse phunyeletsoeng, tse fetisang boitsebiso ka puo ea mochine. Likoti tsena li ne li fana ka litaelo tse latellanang'me li sebetsa joaloka li-switch tsa ho bulela le ho tima lisebelisoa tse kang piano e bapalang ka boeona kapa lisakha. Hoo e ka bang lilemo tse lekholo hamorao, Charles Babbage o ile a qapa k'homphieutha ea pele e sebetsang ka mechine, e bitsoang Difference Engine e sebelisang litaelo tsa likarete tse phunyeletsoeng. Herman Hollerith o ile a tsoela pele ho ntshetsa pele khopolo ena'me a etsa hore Analytical Engine e be ntho ea sebele ka ho sebelisa likoti ho ba letoto la litaelo le ho boloka boitsebiso ba litaelo sesebelisoa. Ka 1890, o ile a qapa mokhoa oa ho sebetsana le karete ea punch bakeng sa Palo ea US'me a tsoela pele ho theha Tabulating Machine Company ka 1896, eo hamorao e ileng ea rehoa International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Lilemong tsa bo-1950, likarete tsa punch li ne li sebelisoa khafetsa ke'muso le indasteri ea United States. Esita le kajeno, likarete tse betliloeng li ntse li sebelisoa litekong tse tloaelehileng le likhethong tsa likhetho. Qalong e qapiloe ke Fritz Pfleumer ka 1928, polokelo ea makenete butle-butle e nkile sebaka sa likarete tse phunyeletsoeng lilemong tsa bo-1960. Ka 1965, Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation e ile ea rekisa mochine oa magnetic key-to-tape o neng o rekisoa ka ho khetheha ho nkela karete ea punch sebaka. Litheipi tsa cassette li ile tsa qala ho sebelisoa haholo bakeng sa lik'homphieutha tse ngata lilemong tsa bo-70 le bo-80. Lilemong tsa bo-1990, lik'homphieutha tse theko e tlaase le li-disk tsa makenete li ile tsa nka sebaka sa likarete tsohle tsa punch.