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Tape drive

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A tape drive is a peripheral device that reads and writes data stored on a magnetic tape or a punched tape.

Tapes and drives come in various formats. These formats include DDS and Sony's new AIT.


References

This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is used under the GFDL.


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