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digital audio tape

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noun

  1.  DAT.  magnetic tape on which sound is recorded digitally, giving high-fidelity reproduction

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Allowing second-generation copying on digital audio tape devices could suggest a desire to permit infringement.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025

The talk of this month's giant Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was digital audio tape, or DAT.

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The enemy is the digital audio tape, yet another advance in high-quality sound reproduction that will be marketed by Japanese electronics firms.

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Perhaps the biggest question is what position Sony will take in the controversy over a new technology called digital audio tape, which can record music with the clarity of a compact disc.

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