tape drive

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nounComputers.
  1. a program-controlled device that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic tape which moves past a read-write head.

Origin of tape drive

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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tape drive

noun
  1. computing a device for reading from or writing to magnetic tape

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