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Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape
is a medium for
magnetic recording
, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of
plastic film
. It was developed in
Germany
, based on
magnetic wire recording
. Devices that record and play back audio and video using magnetic tape are
tape recorders
and
video tape recorders
. A device that stores computer data on magnetic tape is a
tape drive
(tape unit, streamer).
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