
1) Audio storage 2) Cassette gadget 3) Device with a cassette drive
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An audio tape recorder, tape deck or tape machine is an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds, including articulated voices, usually using magnetic tape, either wound on a reel or in a cassette, for storage. In its present day form, it records a fluctuating signal by moving the tape across a tape head that polarizes the magnetic ...
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A mechanical device for recording digital information on magnetic tape and for playing back the recorded material.
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(from the article `sound recording`) ...coated with a thin layer of tiny particles of magnetic powder, usually ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and to a lesser extent chromium dioxide (CrO2). The ... The next stage of development in electronic instruments dates from the discovery of magnetic tape recording techniques and their refinement after ... ...
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magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus in which the recording medium is in the form of a magnetic tape
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A machine for the recording and playback of tape.
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[
n] - a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape
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tape machine noun a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape
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any means of recording clear audio, e.g. minidisc, dictaphone, laptop with microphone, VOIP, recording studio etc.
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