digital audiotape

[ dij-i-tl aw-dee-oh-teyp ]

/ ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl ˈɔ di oʊˌteɪp /

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noun

a cassette containing magnetic tape used for high-fidelity digital recording or playback of audio. Abbreviation: DAT

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Origin of digital audiotape

First recorded in 1975–80

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How to use digital audiotape in a sentence

The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I stood with a tape recorder, listening to men denounce the liberal media controlled by Jews.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Is there any better Beyoncé lyric to use in response to the most shocking celebrity tape this side of One Night in Paris?
Yoncé Said Knock You Out: The Solange and Jay Z Story|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He gets out and does things while these fatheads stay in quarters and untangle red tape.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
A handkerchief, once red, with polka spots, contained a ragged flannel shirt and a stocking-heel tied with a piece of tape.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
Black Hood knew what it was to be a policeman with hands bound by red tape or political intrigue.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He ripped the tape clear and then paused, hand outflung, as if he could not resist this final bit of drama.
We're Friends, Now|Henry Hasse
Even for doctors to obtain it is an undertaking involving considerable red tape.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for digital audiotape

digital audio tape

noun

magnetic tape on which sound is recorded digitally, giving high-fidelity reproductionAbbreviation: DAT

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