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tape drive

NOUN
computer hardware
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disk drive hardware modem personal computer supercomputer
WEAK
CPU central processing unit computer computer unit data processor floppy disk hard drive magnetic disk microcomputer microelectronics device output device
NOUN
disk drive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hard disk
WEAK
Winchester drive Zip drive disc drive drive floppy disk drive hard disk drive removable drive
NOUN
hard disk
Synonyms
WEAK
Winchester drive hard disk drive hard drive

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It packs into one handy 4-lb. package a full-size keyboard, a screen that displays four lines of text, a cash-register-type printer, a microcassette tape drive and more built-in memory than any comparably priced machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

A shoebox sat beside the tape drive, filled with dozens of these cassettes.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

This means that tar can take many files and combine them all into one large file or write them out to a backup device such as a tape drive.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John

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