"tape drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tape drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tape drive (plural tape drives)
  1. (computing, historical) A cassette drive. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: cassette tape drive, floppy drive Translations (computing: cassette drive): båndstation [common-gender] (Danish), nauha-asema (Finnish), kasettiasema (Finnish), napęd taśmowy [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-tape_drive-en-noun-ci55YkPx Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: cassette drive': 67 20 9 3
  2. (computing, historical) A reel-to-reel tape machine for computers. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: reel-to-reel tape machine): båndstation [common-gender] (Danish), nauha-asema (Finnish), napęd taśmowy [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-tape_drive-en-noun-EhKaTRDH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 64 8 16 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: reel-to-reel tape machine': 5 85 4 6
  3. (computing) A cartridge-based interface for computers that reads from and/or writes to a tape. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-tape_drive-en-noun-HredxQHl Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. A drive mechanism that is used to traverse a tape. Translations (drive mechanism): takaisinkelaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tape_drive-en-noun-l-wvUoJW Disambiguation of 'drive mechanism': 15 13 2 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (computing: tape cartridge interface): nauha-asema (Finnish), napęd taśmowy [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'computing: tape cartridge interface': 25 35 35 5

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