magnetic tape

noun

1. a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side single tape or both sides double tape with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.

magnetic tape

noun

1. a long narrow plastic or metal strip coated or impregnated with a ferromagnetic material such as iron oxide, used to record sound or video signals or to store information in computers Sometimes (informal) shortened tomag tape

magnetic tape

1. A plastic tape coated with iron oxide for use in magnetic recording.

magnetic tape

1. A device for storing information, in which signals are recorded by lining up small bits of magnetic materials in the coating on the tape. Ordinary tape recorders use magnetic tape.

Word History and Origins

Origin of magnetic tape¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Another unit returned was a cartridge magnetic-tape system built by SDS.

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The high point labeled "T" represents a system having many high-speed magnetic tape drives.

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Magnetic tape units require twenty-two inches per transport.

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These routines include various format print outs, paper tape and magnetic tape read in programs, and display subroutines.

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The recorder would take the pick-up and register it on magnetic tape, while playing it for simultaneous listening.

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