# Tape

Tape or Tapes may refer to:

## Material

Tape is long, narrow, thin strip of material usually used to stick things together. (see also Ribbon (disambiguation):

### Adhesive tapes

* Adhesive tape, any of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive
* Athletic tape, pressure-sensitive tape that holds muscles or bones in certain positions
* Box-sealing tape, a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes
* Copper tape (or slug tape), adhesive-backed copper tape used to keep slugs and snails out of certain areas
* Double-sided tape, any pressure-sensitive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides
* Duct tape, cloth- or scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tape often coated with polyethylene
* Elastic therapeutic tape
* Electrical tape, a type of pressure-sensitive tape used to insulate electrical wires and other materials that conduct electricity
* Filament tape, a pressure-sensitive tape used for several packaging functions
* Gaffer tape, a strong, tough, cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive properties
* Heat tape, a system used to maintain or raise the temperature of pipes and vessels to protect pipes from freezing or maintain a constant flow temperature
* Hockey tape, cloth-based self-adhesive tape used by ice hockey, roller hockey, and lacrosse players
* Masking tape, also known as painter's tape or sticky tape, a type of pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper, and an easily released pressure-sensitive adhesive
* Pressure-sensitive tape, adhesive tape that will stick with application pressure, without the need for solvent, heat, or water
* Scotch Tape, a brand name used for certain pressure-sensitive tapes manufactured by 3M
* Self-amalgamating tape, a non-tacky silicone-rubber tape which when stretched and wrapped around items amalgamates itself into a strong insulating layer
* Surgical tape, or medical tape, a form of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in medicine and first aid as a bandage to hold a dressing onto a wound
* Twill tape, a flat twill-woven ribbon of cotton, linen, polyester, or wool used in sewing

### Markings or signals

* Barricade tape, also known as caution tape or police tape, resilient plastic tape of a signal color to catch the attention of passerby
* Detectable tape, a tape buried near underground structures to make them visible to utility location devices
* Flagging (tape), a colored non-adhesive tape used in marking objects

### Recording media

* Audiotape, a recording of audio onto magnetic tape
* Compact Cassette or cassette tape, a magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback
* Digital Audio Tape (DAT), a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987
* Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), a magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992 and marketed as the successor to the standard analog Compact Cassette
* Digital Tape Format, a magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony
* Magnetic tape, a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film
** Magnetic tape data storage, uses digital recording on magnetic tape to store digital information
* Punched tape or paper tape, a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data
* Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording medium is held on a reel, rather than being contained within a cassette
* Tape drive, a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape
* Tape recorder, an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds using magnetic tape
** Tape head, a type of transducer used in tape recorders to convert electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and vice versa
* Ticker tape, the earliest digital electronic communications medium, transmitting stock price information over telegraph lines
* Videotape, a recording of images and sounds onto magnetic tape as opposed to film stock used in filmmaking or random access digital media

### Other functions

* Barbed tape or razor wire, a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose is to prevent passage by humans
* Bubble Tape, a brand of bubble gum produced by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
* Tape (surveying), used in surveying for measuring horizontal, vertical, or slope distances
* Tape measure, or measuring tape, a flexible form of ruler
* Thread seal tape, also known as plumber's tape or "Teflon tape", film for use in sealing pipe threads

## Geography

* Tape, Burma, a river village in Homalin Township
* Tapes, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

## People

* Seb Tape (born 1992), Australian rules footballer

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Films

* Tape (2001 film), a 2001 movie directed by Richard Linklater
* Tape (2020 film), a 2020 movie directed by Deborah Kampmeier
* Tape (play), a 1999 play by Stephen Belber

### Music

* "Tape", a 2018 song by Brockhampton from Iridescence
* The Tape (album), Kid Capri album
* Tape (album), Patty Griffin album

### Television

* TAPE Inc., a television production company in the Philippines
* "The Tape", a Seinfeld episode

## Other uses

* Red tape, a colloquialism for heavy or undesirable bureaucratic process
* Tapai (also tapay or tape), a traditional fermented food found throughout much of Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia