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1Tape 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,… …
2Tape 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 …
3Helical scan — is a method of recording high bandwidth signals onto magnetic tape. It is used in video tape recorders, video cassette recorders, digital audio tape recorders, and some computer tape drives. Comparison to linear tape recording In a fixed head… …
4Magnetic 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… …
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,… …
6Digital Audio Tape — can also refer to a compact cassette with digital storage: DCC or one of several digital reel to reel formats Digital Audio Tape A 90 minute DAT cart …
7StorageTek tape formats — Storage Technology Corporation (StorageTek) has created several magnetic tape data storage formats. These products are commonly used with large computer systems, typically in conjunction with a robotic tape library. The most recent format is the… …
8Side-scan sonar — (also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side looking sonar, side looking sonar and bottom classification sonar) is a category of sonar system that is used to create efficiently an image of large areas of the sea floor. This tool… …
9Advanced Intelligent Tape — (AIT) is a high speed, high capacity magnetic tape data storage format developed and controlled by Sony. It competes mainly against the DLT, LTO, DAT/DDS, and VXA formats. AIT uses a cassette similar to Video8. Super AIT (SAIT) is a higher… …
10Digital Tape Format — is a magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony. It uses a 1/2 wide tape, in a cassette with two reels, which is written and read with a helical scan process. The format is described by the ECMA 248 (adopted June 1998) and ISO/IEC 15731… …
