round tape n.
Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7-
or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape,
oppose square tape.
Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7-
or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape,
oppose square tape.
Related:
- ound tape: n. Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or
9-track) on traditional circular reels.
See {macrotape}, oppose {square tape}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary... - macrotape: /mak'roh-tayp/ n. An industry-standard reel of tape, as
opposed to a {microtape}.
See also {round tape}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary... - macrotape /mak'roh-tayp/ n.
An industry-standard reel of
tape.
Originally, as opposed to a DEC microtape; nowadays, as opposed to modern QIC and DDS tapes.... - One picture is worth a thousand reels of magnetic tape.
- quare tape n.
Mainframe magnetic tape cartridges for use
with IBM 3480 or compatible tape drive
or QIC tapes used on workstations and micros. The term comes from the square (actually rectangular) shape of the cartridge... - quare tape: n. Mainframe magnetic tape cartridges for use with
IBM 3480 or compatible tape drive
or QIC tapes used on workstations and micros. The term comes from the square (actually rectangular) shape of the cartridge... - PMT: Punch Magnetic Tape
- flap vt.
1. [obs.] To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap,
flap.
..). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk was device 0 and DEC microtapes were 1, 2,....
