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magnetic tape
noun as in magnetic disk
Example Sentences
When they’re stored as dried crystals, the molecules’ lifespans could outlast even modern storage media—perhaps in the thousands of years compared to current hard drives’ and magnetic tapes’ 10 to 20.
Unlike magnetic tape designs of yesteryear, today’s voice recorders record to internal flash media or SD cards to deliver better file organization and compatibility with computers.
To match magnetic tape, a common method of archival data storage, Bathe estimates synthesis costs would have to fall six orders of magnitude.
With blank cassettes, listeners could record their favorite songs from the radio or from vinyl records, creating the first mix tapes — on literal magnetic tape — decades before digital playlists were shared on streaming services such as Spotify.
Lou Ottens was fiddling with a reel-to-reel tape recorder one night in the early 1960s, trying to thread a wafer-thin piece of magnetic tape through mechanical guides so that he could listen to .
Another unit returned was a cartridge magnetic-tape system built by SDS.
The high point labeled "T" represents a system having many high-speed magnetic tape drives.
Magnetic tape units require twenty-two inches per transport.
These routines include various format print outs, paper tape and magnetic tape read in programs, and display subroutines.
The recorder would take the pick-up and register it on magnetic tape, while playing it for simultaneous listening.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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