(on magnetic tape)
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… …
2magnetic tape — n. A long thin plastic ribbon coated with iron oxide or other ferromagnetic material, used to record audio or video signals digital data in the form of small magnetized regions on the tape; it is a common digital data storage medium for computer… …
3magnetic tape — magnetic tapes N VAR Magnetic tape is plastic tape covered with iron oxide or a similar magnetic substance. It is used for recording sounds, film, or computer information. Syn: tape …
4magnetic tape — ➔ tape …
5magnetic tape — ► NOUN ▪ tape used in recording sound, pictures, or computer data …
6magnetic tape — n. a thin plastic ribbon coated with a suspension of ferromagnetic iron oxide particles, used as a storage medium for magnetic recording …
7magnetic Tape — [engl.], Magnetband …
8Magnetic 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… …
9Magnetic 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,… …
10magnetic tape — noun 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 he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview • Syn: ↑mag tape, ↑tape • Derivationally …
