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...

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...

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...

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...

recording tape: ATR Services of York, Pennsylvania, and Recording the Masters in Avranches, France. Reel-to-reel tape was used in early tape drives for data...

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...

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...

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...

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...