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Revision as of 17:18, 31 March 2005
A tape drive, also known as a streamer, is a peripheral device that reads and writes data stored on a magnetic tape or a punched tape. It is typically used for archival storage of data stored on hard drives
Tapes and drives come in various formats. These formats include:
- Digital Data Storage (DDS),
- Digital Linear Tape (DLT),
- Linear Tape-Open (LTO), and
- Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT).
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This article is based on material taken from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing prior to 1 November 2008 and incorporated under the "relicensing" terms of the GFDL, version 1.3 or later.