magnetic-tape transport
1Magnetic tape data storage — uses digital recording on to magnetic tape to store digital information. Modern magnetic tape is most commonly packaged in cartridges and cassettes. The device that performs actual writing or reading of data is a tape drive. Autoloaders and tape… …
2Tape transport — is the generic term for all parts of a magnetic tape player or recorder that the actual tape passes through. Transport parts include, but are not limited to, the head, capstan, pinch roller, tape pins, and tape guide. The tape transport as a… …
3tape transport — n. the mechanism consisting of motors, pulleys, etc. that moves magnetic tape past the heads of a tape deck or recorder …
4Magnetic tape — 7 inch reel of ¼ inch wide audio recording tape, typical of consumer use in the 1950s–70s. Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic. It was developed in Germany,… …
5tape transport — noun a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder • Syn: ↑tape drive, ↑transport • Hypernyms: ↑mechanism • Part Holonyms: ↑tape deck, ↑tape recorder, ↑ …
6magnetic recording — magnetic recorder. the process of recording sound or other data on magnetic tape, wire, etc. [1940 45] * * * ▪ electronics Introduction method of preserving sounds, pictures, and data in the form of electrical signals through the selective… …
7tape deck — ☆ tape deck n. 1. a magnetic recording device consisting of a tape transport, heads, and preamplifiers, but not amplifiers or speakers 2. a component of an audio system containing such a mechanism and used to record and play back magnetic tapes,… …
8Tape recorder — For the tape systems used for computer data, see tape drive. A reel to reel tape recorder. An audio tape recorder, tape deck, reel to reel tape deck, cassette deck or tape machine is an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds,… …
9Tape head — For the album by King s X, see Tape Head. A tape head is a type of transducer used in tape recorders to convert electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and vice versa. Contents 1 Principles of operation 1.1 Reversibility 1.2 Head g …
10tape deck — noun electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system • Hypernyms: ↑electronic equipment • Hyponyms: ↑cassette deck • Part Holonyms: ↑audio system, ↑sound system …
