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Floppy disk — Floppy redirects here. For other uses, see Floppy (disambiguation). 8 inch, 5 1⁄4 inch, and 3 1⁄2 inch floppy disks … Wikipedia
Tape drive — DDS tape drive. Above, from left right: DDS 4 tape (20 GB), 112m Data8 tape (2.5 GB), QIC DC 6250 tape (250 MB), and a 3.5 floppy disk (1.44 MB) A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and performs digital recording, writes data on a… … Wikipedia
Tape recorder — For the tape systems used for computer data, see tape drive. A reel to reel tape recorder. An audio tape recorder, tape deck, reel to reel tape deck, cassette deck or tape machine is an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds,… … Wikipedia
floppy drive — noun A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3.5 , 5.25 or 8 diskettes. Syn: floppy disk drive, floppy diskette drive, floppy disc drive, FDD, FD See Also: tape drive, cassette drive … Wiktionary
Tape image — In the field of computer emulation, tape image is an image of a program which was distributed on tapes. In the old days of computing, applications were distributed on cartridges, floppy disks or cassette tapes. Many computers such as the TI 99/4A … Wikipedia
tape drive — noun a) A cassette drive. b) A reel to reel tape machine for computers. See Also: floppy drive … Wiktionary
Exatron Stringy Floppy — The Exatron Stringy Floppy (or ESF) was a continuous loop tape drive developed by Exatron for use with the Radio Shack TRS 80 microcomputer, among others, and was launched in 1979. The tape cartridge was about the size of a credit card, although… … Wikipedia
History of the floppy disk — 8 inch, 5¼ inch, and 3½ inch floppy disks Over the history of the floppy disk a number of different formats were used. Floppy disks have now been largely superseded by other storage media and by network file transfer. Contents … Wikipedia
Magnetic tape data storage — uses digital recording on to magnetic tape to store digital information. Modern magnetic tape is most commonly packaged in cartridges and cassettes. The device that performs actual writing or reading of data is a tape drive. Autoloaders and tape… … Wikipedia
Magnetic tape — 7 inch reel of ¼ inch wide audio recording tape, typical of consumer use in the 1950s–70s. Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic. It was developed in Germany,… … Wikipedia
Digital Linear Tape — A Super DLT I tape cartridge Digital Linear Tape (DLT) (previously called CompacTape) is a magnetic tape data storage technology developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1984 onwards. In 1994 the technology was purchased by Quantum… … Wikipedia
