optical tape storage

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optical tape storage [¦äp·tə·kəl ′tāp ‚stȯr·ij]

(communications)

A data storage technology in which information is stored on a tape that is wound on a spool and has a large number of parallel channels, and information is retrieved by sensing the reflected light when a light beam scans the medium.

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