tape drive
noun[C]
ITukusapieceofequipmentthatstores,reads, and writescomputerdataontomagnetictape:
Thetapedrivecan beprogrammedto back up each day'swork.
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The machine was approximately the size of a dishwasher, though adding the reel-to-reeltapedriveincreased it to the size of a refrigerator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An industry-compatible 7/9-track (user selectable) magnetictapedrivewas available by 1975.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The operating system would notice that atapedrivecame online, so it would try to read the first block of information on the tape.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A typicaltapedrivesort uses four tape drives.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The device that performs writing or reading of data is atapedrive.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A device that stores computer data on magnetic tape is atapedrive(tape unit, streamer).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The test tape was installed on a magnetictapedrive, and the operator sat at the supervisory control console.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was founded in 1984 as a 9 tracktapedrivemanufacturer, and now makes tape library products.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each tape takes about an hour to run on thetapedrive, and holds one high-resolution image and one medium-resolution image.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The machine had an inbuilt monochrome display and a cassettetapedrive.
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