Definition of magnetic tape
: a thin ribbon (as of plastic) coated with a magnetic material on which information (such as sound or television images) may be stored
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Since its invention in 1928, magnetic tape has played a role in recording all sorts of data.
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But in order to replace existing silicon chip or magnetic tape storage technologies, DNA is going to have to get a lot cheaper to predictably read, write, and package.
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Catalog, a company founded by scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designs systems that store data on manmade versions of microscopic DNA molecules, instead of on bulky magnetic tapes or silicon chips.
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Until 1977, when the experiment ended, the probes transmitted raw temperature data back to the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, where the data was recorded on magnetic tapes.
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That strong magnetic tape, slipped into a little cassette recorder, has held us together for all these years.
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Essentially, each individual Lincoln movement was controlled by a hydraulic or pneumatic actuator and guided by a particular audio tone from a magnetic tape machine (or Binloop machine).
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The space agency often reused its expensive magnetic tapes, erasing and overwriting data.
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Each machine played 14 tracks of analog audio simultaneously on the 1-inch wide magnetic tape which kept everything in sync, explains David Feiten who was Disney's chief animation producer during the 80s and 90s.
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First Known Use of magnetic tape
1937
MAGNETIC TAPE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of magnetic tape for English Language Learners
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: a thin plastic tape that is coated with magnetic material on which information (such as sound or television images) may be stored
MAGNETIC TAPE Defined for Kids
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Definition of magnetic tape for Students
: a thin ribbon of plastic coated with a magnetic material on which information (as sound) may be stored
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