Magnetic tape and disks were developed in the 1950s ... but they all gave way to USB storage (see USB drive). See optical disc. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

which were the primary storage medium at that time (see magnetic tape). A hard disk comprises one or more aluminum or glass platters, coated with a ferromagnetic material. Although the terms "hard ...

Unlike hard drives, which require continuous power, and magnetic tape, which depends on specialized library systems, Optera Data’s approach could integrate with existing optical disc formats.

This is the earliest sound recording format held by RTÉ Archives and the discs were used to record and broadcast content before the introduction of magnetic tape. As well as being used in a ...

IBM's invention of the hard disk drive revolutionized data storage by allowing random access to data, as opposed to the sequential access used by earlier storage methods like magnetic tape.

The tape is coated with an oxide EMULSION, which when exposed to the variations of the magnetic field at the recording head of a TAPE RECORDER, is arranged in similar variations, each particle of the ...

Uncoated tape used to separate other sections of tape is called leader. Magnetic tape superseded the earlier magnetic wire recorders after World War II because of the ease with which one could splice ...