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MJP wrote kindly

> Main Entry:chad
> Pronunciation:*chad
> Function:noun 
> Etymology:origin unknown
> Date:1947
> 
>  : small pieces of paper or cardboard produced in 
> punching paper tape or data cards;  
> also : a piece of chad
>   chad-less \-l*s\  adjective  

Thank you.
If the reference is an online one, could you please
be so kind and tell me the URL?

I am still a little uncertain, whether I guessed correctly.
I am not really sure about the "hanging chad". This must
be something special I don't know.

R@ineR