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

Words nearby digital audiotape

digicam, dig in, digit, digital, digital audiodisk, digital audiotape, digital badge, digital camera, digital citizen, digital citizenship, digital clock

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
Consider, too, that in this digital age, making something public is not only easier but has greater reach.
Public Marriage Proposals Must Die|Tauriq Moosa|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was, she diagnosed, half joking and half horrified, a “digital hoarder.”
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Panicked, I reached out to hoarding experts, who often refer to any kind of obsessive digital collecting as “infomania.”
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But in the Digital Age, we're at risk of a new type of hoarding that is equally problematic.
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only one typographical error was noted in the conversion of the printed document to digital format.
A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus|Walter W. Dalquest
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The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
She set down a tray of Whole Foods organic Oreo clones, a digital recorder, and another yellow pad.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Now I know what it means to see all this digital manipulation around me while my fingers are becoming useless one after the other.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer
After trying garlic, squill, and purgatives without advantage, I directed the Digital.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses|William Withering

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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