Tape

A magnetically thin coated piece plastic wrapped around wheels that is capable of storing data. Tape is much less expensive than other storage mediums but commonly a much slower solution that is commonly used for backup.

Additional information about tape drives can be found on our tape drive page.

Also see: Sequential access, Storage, Tape drive definitions

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