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magnetic tape

NOUN
magnetic disk
Synonyms
WEAK
diskette floppy disk hard disk hard drive magnetic drum magnetic tape unit magneto-optic disk optical disk primary storage

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Ask anyone who sold magnetic tape in 1985.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Its archives of magnetic tape were recently digitized thanks to a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023

Now Victoria and Dan Rhodes, from Kirkwall, have found the soggy spool of magnetic tape buried in Stromness.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2022

In the predigital age, they would capture song on tape recorders and literally splice together the magnetic tape to create manipulated songs with, for example, rearranged syllables or shorter silent intervals between notes.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2022

Whenever he can, Werner records what the partisans say on magnetic tape.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr