IBM 3270 Operator's Manual page 14

Output Section
Mter the work has been completed, the results must be made available. This is
done by the machines that make up the output section of a data processing
system.
Output from a data processing system can be in various forms. Printers, tape
drives, card punches, and display stations are only a few examples of output
machines; the most widely used is the printer. Printers can provide printed
checks for payroll jobs, printed bills for customer billing jobs, printed reports,
or any number of other types of output for all kinds of jobs.
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