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Definition: tape
See magnetic tape and paper tape.
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New tape to protect buildings from explosions
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Disks that look like tape
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OH didn't supervise intern who lost 1 million personal records
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Arnold tapes exposed by hacker
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Photos: How the (missing) Apollo tapes were made
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College loans data lost, no misuse
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Photo: Tape's storage leap
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Not again!
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Tale of the magnetic tape: 60 years at IBM
In 1952 IBM solved the problem of using magnetic tape to back up computer-generated data.
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