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| Magnetic Tape is now mainly used as a
backup medium. It is a cheap medium for backing up hard discs on
both microcomputers and mainframes.
Conventional tape comes in reels up to 4600 feet long. |
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Access times are slow. It takes a while for a computer to find data if it is in the middle of a tape. | |
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Tape is also available in cartridges.
Tape cartridges are frequently used for backing up hard discs on microcomputers. Tape streamers can be scheduled to make backups at night.
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| Exercise : Magnetic Tape | ||
| Some of the interactive tasks are only available on the CD version. | ||
Magnetic tapes
stored in racks.