magnetic tape

noun

: a thin ribbon (as of plastic) coated with a magnetic material on which information (such as sound or television images) may be stored

Examples of magnetic tape in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With magnetic tape in a tape library the tapes spend most of their time sitting idle in the library, so the actual average power efficiency of the magnetic tape would be much less. —Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

But deep archives in the cloud are generally more expensive over the long term and will likely be on magnetic tape as well. —Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

This layer generally requires even lower costs for storage than the secondary storage layer and this is the realm where magnetic tape and optical disc storage have their greatest use. —Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

Also, magnetic tape is manufactured in Japan as are many of the optical discs. —Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for magnetic tape

• audiotape
• videotape
• agape
• escape
• landscape
• lenape
• reshape
• seascape
• soundscape
• ape
• cape
• crape

Kids Definition

magnetic tape

noun

: a thin ribbon (as of plastic) coated with a magnetic material on which information (as sound or television images) may be stored