11) reel-to-reel. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Designating sound recording equipment or sound recordings that use magnetic tape which must be threaded through the equipment and onto an empty reel....
12) dropout. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...has withdrawn from a given social group or environment. 2. Computer Science a. A segment of magnetic tape on which expected information is absent. b. The failure...
13) fixed head. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...such as a tape-recording head, that reads and imprints information on a single track of magnetic tape....
14) tape. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A continuous narrow, flexible strip of cloth, metal, paper, or plastic, such as adhesive tape, magnetic tape, or ticker tape. 3. A string stretched across the finish...
15) tape-record. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: tape-reˇcordˇed, tape-reˇcordˇing, tape-reˇcords To record on magnetic tape....
16) erase. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping. b. To remove (recorded material) from a magnetic tape or other storage medium: erased a file from the diskette. c. To...
17) capstan. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...by machine and around which a cable is wound. 2. A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder. Middle English, from...
18) archive. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...deeds in the municipal archives. 2. Computer Science a. A long-term storage area, often on magnetic tape, for backup copies of files or for files that are no longer...
19) spool 1. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...a cylinder. c. Something similar to such a cylinder in shape or function. 2. A reel for magnetic tape. TRANSITIVE & tr. & intr.v.Inflected forms: spooled, spoolˇing,...
20) tracking. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...needle as it tracks in a groove. 3. A control mechanism that adjusts the position of a magnetic tape as it moves across magnetic heads, as in a VCR....
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