tape drive (English, noun)
expansion: tape drive (plural tape drives)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cassette drive.
tags: historical
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A reel-to-reel tape machine for computers.
tags: historical
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cartridge-based interface for computers that reads from and/or writes to a tape.
glosses: A drive mechanism that is used to traverse a tape.
Forms:
form: tape drives
tags: plural