magnetic powder-coated tape
1tape recorder — an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape. [1940 45] * * * Recording system that makes use of electromagnetic phenomena to record and reproduce sound waves. The tape consists of a plastic backing… …
2Magnetic tape sound recording — Klaudia Wilde from the German WDR radio archive with a broadcast tape from 1990 The use of magnetic tape for sound recording originated around 1930. Magnetizable tape revolutionized both the radio broadcast and music recording industries. It did… …
3magnetic tape — /mægˌnɛtɪk ˈteɪp/ (say mag.netik tayp) noun a plastic tape coated with a ferromagnetic powder, especially iron oxide, used to record sound in a tape recorder, and video signals in a video recorder, to retain digital information in computing, and… …
4sound recording — Introduction transcription of vibrations in air that are perceptible as sound onto a storage medium, such as a phonograph disc. In sound reproduction the process is reversed so that the variations stored on the medium are converted back… …
5printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …
6photography, technology of — Introduction equipment, techniques, and processes used in the production of photographs. The most widely used photographic process is the black and white negative–positive system (Figure 1 >). In the camera the lens projects an image of… …
7Zinc oxide — Other names Zinc white Calamine Identifiers …
8computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
9Yttrium barium copper oxide — IUPAC name barium copper yttrium oxide …
10materials science — the study of the characteristics and uses of various materials, as glass, plastics, and metals. [1960 65] * * * Study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by the material s composition and structure, both… …
