Magnetic tapes or shortly magtapes are used for storage of large data that can be sequentially accessed and processed. The tape is a plastic ribbon generally ½ inch wide coated on one side with iron-oxide material, which can be magnetized. The tape reels are generally in standard length of 800 ft., 1200 ft., or 2400 ft. Small cartridge or casette is also available.The tape can be reused indefinite number of times.
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