tape drive en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
- (historical) A cassette drive.
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(historical) A reel-to-reel tape machine for computers.
Required: FORTRAN, line printer, enough storage for approx 375K Bytes -- tape drives preferred for confidentiality.
1979 April 14, “Reliable Computer (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
- A cartridge-based interface for computers that reads from and/or writes to a tape.
- A drive mechanism that is used to traverse a tape.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tape drives | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
floppy drive · cassette tape drive
Translations (14)
mr टेप ड्राइव्ह (computing: reel-to-reel tape machine) · fi nauha-asema (computing: tape cartridge interface) · pl napęd taśmowy (computing: reel-to-reel tape machine) · pl napęd taśmowy (computing: tape cartridge interface) · fi nauha-asema (computing: reel-to-reel tape machine) · fi nauha-asema (computing: cassette drive) · da båndstation (computing: cassette drive) · fi kasettiasema (computing: cassette drive) · mr टेप ड्राइव्ह (computing: cassette drive) · mr टेप ड्राइव्ह (computing: tape cartridge interface) · pl napęd taśmowy (computing: cassette drive) · da båndstation (computing: reel-to-reel tape machine) · pl napęd taśmowy (drive mechanism) · fi nauhankuljetin (drive mechanism)