Assertion: byte's bit | /r/HasProperty | stored as absence
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the earliest non-electronic information processing devices, such as Jacquard's loom or Babbage's Analytical Engine, a bit was often stored as the position of a mechanical lever or gear, or the presence or absence of a hole at a specific point of a paper card or tape.