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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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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If civilization stopped right now, in a thousand years all the magnetic tape, compact discs and hard drives humanity stores its digital media on would have long outlived their shelf lives.
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In part that’s because the physical media they were originally recorded on — film stock and magnetic tape — were so fragile.
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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
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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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