A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape. Magnetic-tape data storage is typically used for offline, archival...

device that performs the writing or reading of data is called a tape drive. Autoloaders and tape libraries are often used to automate cartridge handling and...

half-inch (12.65 mm) wide tape media wound onto a single reel. Mechanisms (a.k.a. tape drives, streamers) extract the tape from the cartridge and spool...

device that performs the writing or reading of data is called a tape drive. Autoloaders and tape libraries are often used to automate cartridge handling and...

com Reel-to-reel tape was used in early tape drives for data storage on mainframe computers and in video tape recorders. Magnetic tape was also used to...

manufacturer of tapes ceased production in early 2002, with drive production ending the next year. A typical 9-track unit consists of a tape transport—essentially...

fashion to those on disk or removable flash drives. It requires both a specific format of data on the tape media and software to provide a file system...

called a tape silo, tape robot, or tape jukebox. These are a storage devices that contain one or more tape drives, a number of slots to hold tape cartridges...

In 2007, Quantum stopped developing DLT drives, shifting its strategy to LTO. DEC launched the TK50 tape drive for the MicroVAX II and PDP-11 minicomputers...

The Ditto drive series was a proprietary magnetic tape data storage system released by Iomega during the 1990s. It was marketed as a backup device for...

A tape head cleaner is a substance or device used for cleaning the record and playback heads of a magnetic tape drive found in video or audio tape machines...

display, a keyboard, and a light pen." Open 9-track tape drive IBM 3330 Disk drive IBM System/360 tape drives IBM 1402 high speed card reader and punch used...

series of enterprise-class tape drives and corresponding magnetic tape data storage media formats developed by IBM. The first drive, having the IBM product...

files against tape data without concern for the fact that the data is physically stored on tape. IBM offers four options: IBM LTFS Single Drive Edition –...

Magnetic Tape Unit was IBM's iconic tape mass storage system from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. Part of the IBM 7-track family of tape units, it...

capacity of 10088. It supports up to 64 tape drives and 4 or 8 independent robots in each library. Each tape drive installed in the SL8500 library has an...

starting price of US$600 (equivalent to US$3,000 in 2023). A cassette tape drive for program storage was included in the original package. While the software...

Look up tape in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tape or Tapes may refer to: Tape is long, narrow, thin strip of material usually used to stick things...

random seeking, DECtape behaves like a very slow disk drive. DECtape has its origin in the LINCtape tape system,: 215  which was originally designed by Wesley...

examples: storage device (such as disk drive, solid-state drive, USB flash drive, memory card and tape drive), modem, router, gateway and network adapter...

pinch roller, tape pins, and tape guide. The tape transport as a whole is called the transport mechanism. The tape head is the part of a tape recording or...

analog read-back signal picked up by the head of a magnetic disk drive or tape drive. PRML was introduced to recover data more reliably or at a greater...

of the hard drive division, Quantum began a series of tape technology acquisitions: 1998 – ATL Products, a manufacturer of automated tape libraries. 1999...

generation circuits, and the digital to analog converters. External hardware (tape drive, editing system, and digital delay unit) connected to the DTR through...

storage, hard disk drives, optical discs, floppy disks, and magnetic tape), and early computer storage methods such as punched tape and cards. Non-volatile...

video tape technology that was available then. Exabyte's first 8 mm tape drive was made available in 1987. This was followed up with their Mammoth tape drive...

047: Tape-to-Card Printing Punch IBM 051: Mechanical Verifier IBM 052: Motor Drive Verifier IBM 053: Motor Drive Verifier IBM 054: Motor Drive Verifier...

The UNISERVO tape drive was the primary I/O device on the UNIVAC I computer. It was the first tape drive for a commercially sold computer. The UNISERVO...

An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device...

the team. In addition to the tape drives mentioned above, Nelson had been able to obtain several tape heads. The tape drives were absolutely essential to...