magnetic tape

Noun

Meaning

memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

tape mag tape floppy disk cassette diskette cassette tape audiotape optical disk hard drive punched tape magnetic disk computer storage audio cassette primary storage audio tape
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Hypernyms

storage device memory device

Hyponyms

videotape cassette tape audiotape magnetic stripe

Examples

It's - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape that's excited by frequencies that you hit, digital was a process where musical sounds are transferred to numbers and stored as numbers. Herb Alpert

he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview Source: Internet

A device that stores computer data on magnetic tape is a tape drive (tape unit, streamer). Source: Internet

Although other forms of storage are viable (such as magnetic tape and solid-state drives ) disk drives have continued to offer the best fit for cost, performance, and capacity. Source: Internet

An 8080 CPU loads the microcode from an RM03, RM80, or RP06 disk or magnetic tape and then starts the main processor. Source: Internet

A "parity track" was present on the first magnetic tape data storage in 1951. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

magnetic stripe card magnetic strips magnetic susceptibility magnetic tape apparatus magnetic tape cassette magnetic tape memory