magnetic-tape drive
1magnetic tape unit — noun a device which runs magnetic tape which provides information for, or which is provided by information from, a computer. Also, magnetic tape drive, tape unit, tape drive …
2Magnetic 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… …
3tape drive — ➔ drive2 * * * tape drive UK US noun [C] IT ► a piece of equipment that stores, reads, and writes computer data onto magnetic tape: »The tape drive can be programmed to back up each day s work …
4Tape drive — DDS tape drive. Above, from left right: DDS 4 tape (20 GB), 112m Data8 tape (2.5 GB), QIC DC 6250 tape (250 MB), and a 3.5 floppy disk (1.44 MB) A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and performs digital recording, writes data on a… …
5Magnetic 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,… …
6tape drive — noun a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder • Syn: ↑tape transport, ↑transport • Hypernyms: ↑mechanism • Part Holonyms: ↑tape deck, ↑tape recorder, ↑ …
7tape drive — A computer peripheral device that reads from and writes to magnetic tape. The drive may use tape on an open reel or from an enclosed tape cartridge. Because tape management software must search from the beginning of the tape every time it… …
8tape drive — input/output device that reads and records to magnetic tape; cassette player, cassette drive …
9tape drive — Computers. a program controlled device that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic tape which moves past a read write head. [1950 55] * * * …
10Tape Drive — A computer device which can read data from and write data to magnetic tape …
