ALSO CALLED: Microtapes, Videotapes, and Tapes DEFINITION: In computers, tape is an external storage medium, usually both readable and writable, consisting of a loop of flexible celluloid-like material that can store data in the form of tiny magnetic fields that can be read and also erased. The magnetic tape is housed in a plastic cartridge similar to that of
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MAGNETIC TAPES DEFINITION (continued): … an audio or video cassette. Because the tapes, which are recorded by a device called a tape drive, are portable and inexpensive to purchase, tape is often used for backing up or archiving data. A drawback of tape is that it can only be accessed by starting at the beginning and rolling through the tape until the desired data is located.
The most commonly quoted figure for the archival life of magnetic tape is 30 years. There are ways to minimize the chances of a tape backup's failing … Magnetic Tapes definition sponsored by SearchStorage.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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