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tape control unit

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tape control unit [′tāp kən‚trōl ‚yü·nət]
(computer science)
A device which senses which tape unit is to be accessed for read or write purpose and opens up the necessary electronic paths. Formerly known as hypertape control unit.


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Early tape arrays have been implemented in software but advanced, larger scale implementations may be built in the tape control unit.
Virtual/BLUE VTS is a mainframe-attached 3490 tape control unit that enables open systems disk storage solutions to operate as mainframe 3490 tape libraries and drives.
 
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