"idiot tape" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (computing, historical, informal) A basic form of computer tape that holds unjustified text, and is later processed automatically by a machine that determines where line breaks should appear in the properly formatted output. Tags: historical, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
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