Punch cards and reels
For the loyalty card, please see punch card (economics).
A punch card was a piece of thin cardboard with holes punched in it that was used in early Earth computer programming.
In 2269, Asmodeus, the Megan prosecutor, visualized history as a number of punch cards and reels of film with a wave of his hands. (TAS: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu")