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Recording media

• Magnetic tape
  Magnetic tape
  
  Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording generally consisting of a thin magnetizable coating on a long and narrow strip of plastic. Nearly all recording tape is of this type, whether used for recording Audio frequency or video or for computer data storage....
  
• Digital Audio Tape
  Digital Audio Tape
  
  Digital Audio Tape is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony in the mid 1980s. In appearance it is similar to a compact audio cassette, using 4 mm magnetic tape enclosed in a protective shell, but is roughly half the size at 73 mm ? 54 mm ? 10.5 mm....
   (or DAT)
• Digital Compact Cassette
  Digital Compact Cassette
  
  Digital Compact Cassette is an obsolete magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992. Pitched as a successor to the standard analog signal compact cassette, and competitor to MiniDisc and Digital Audio Tape , it never became popular with the general public....
   (or DCC)
• Digital video
  Digital video
  
  Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog signal video signal.The terms camera, video camera, and camcorder are used interchangeably in this article....
   tape
• Compact Cassette
  Compact Cassette
  
  The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape Sound recording and reproduction format....
   (a.k.a. Cassette tape), a magnetic data/audio storage device
• Videotape
  Videotape
  
  Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to film stock.In most cases, a helical scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data in two dimensions, because video signals have a very high bandwidth, and static heads would require extremely high tape speeds....
  , for video storage
• Taping
  Recording
  
  Recording is a process of capturing data or translating information to a recording format stored on a storage medium often referred to as a record....
  , officially known as "recording", the process of writing on a cassette

Adhesive tape

Adhesive tape

Adhesive tape can be one of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive.Several types of adhesives can be used:...
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• Pressure sensitive tape
  Pressure sensitive tape
  
  Pressure sensitive tape, PSA tape, Adhesive tape, Self stick tape, Sticky tape consists of a pressure sensitive adhesive coated onto a backing material such as paper, plastic film, cloth, or metal foil....
  , adhesive tape, self-stick tape, including:
• Gaffers tape
• Duct tape
  Duct tape
  
  Duct tape is a vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose pressure sensitive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive. It is generally silver or black in color but many other colors and #Color variants tapes have recently become available....
  
• Masking tape
  Masking tape
  
  Masking tape is a type of pressure sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper, and an easily released pressure sensitive adhesive. It is available in a variety of widths....
  
• Electrical tape
  Electrical tape
  
  Electrical tape is a type of pressure-sensitive tape used to Electrical insulation electrical wires and other material that conduct electricity....
  
• Transparent tape
• Box sealing tape
• Surgical tape
  Surgical tape
  
  Surgical tape is a form of adhesive tape used in medicine and first aid as a bandage to hold a dressing onto a wound. It will generally have a gentle hypoallergenic adhesive, and be breathable to allow air to reach the skin....
  
• Double-sided tape
  Double-sided tape
  
  Double-sided tape is a variety of adhesive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides. It is designed to stick two lightweight surfaces together....
  
• Adhesive transfer tape
• Filament tape or "Strapping tape"
• Spike tape
  Spike (stagecraft)
  
  In stagecraft, a spike is a marking put on the stage to show placement for set pieces, furniture, actors and the like. Usually gaffer tape or Electrical tape tape is used, though some companies make rolls of very thin gaffer's tape marketed as "spike tape" specifically for this purpose....
  
• Hockey tape
  Hockey tape
  
  There are two kinds of Hockey tape used by ice hockey players: Stick/Blade tape and shin tape.Stick tape comes in two forms. The first is a cloth-based, self adhesive that can be used for:...
  
• Tape dispenser
  Tape dispenser
  
  A tape dispenser is an object that holds a roll of Adhesive tape and has a mechanism on one end to easily shear the tape. Dispensers vary widely based on the tape they dispense....
  

• Water activated or gummed tape
• Gummed paper tape
• Reinforced gummed tape

• Heat activated tape
• Drywall
  Drywall
  
  Drywall is a common building material typically made of a layer of gypsum plaster pressed between two thick sheets of paper, then kiln dried. Drywall is used globally for the finish construction of interior walls and ceilings....
   tape is paper, cloth, or mesh - sometimes with an adhesive

Other usages

• The Tape (Kid Capri album)
  The Tape (Kid Capri album)
  
  The Tape is debut album by Kid Capri released in February 19, 1991 on Cold Chillin' Records , The whole album entirely produced by Biz Markie, co-produced by Cool V....
  
• Heat tape Trace heating
• Scotch tape
  Scotch Tape
  
  Scotch Tape is a brand name used to describe certain pressure sensitive tapes manufactured by 3M as part of the company's Scotch brand.The precursor to the current tapes was developed in the 1930s in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Richard Drew to seal a then-new transparent material known as cellophane....
  , a brand
• Taping
  Taping
  
  Taping is a form of strapping. It is a procedure that uses tape, attached to the skin, to physically keep in place muscles or bones at a certain position....
  , the medical procedure of attaching tape to the body
• Tape measure
  Tape measure
  
  A tape measure or measuring tape is a flexible form of ruler. It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fiber glass, or metal strip with linear-measurement markings with SI and sometimes additionally imperial units....
  
• Barbed tape
• Tape head
  Tape head
  
  A tape head is a type of transducer used in tape recorders to convert electrical signals to magnetism fluctuations and vice versa....
  
• Tape dispensers holds tape rolls
• Tape worm
• Tape (film)
  Tape (film)
  
  Tape is a 2001 drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Stephen Belber, based on his Play of the same name. It stars Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Uma Thurman....
  , a 2001 film
• Twill tape
  Twill tape
  
  Twill tape is a flat twill-weave ribbon of cotton, linen, polyester, or wool.Twill tape is available in various widths, generally up to 1 inch , and a wide range of colors....
  , a narrow, sturdy woven fabric used like string
• Red tape
  Red tape
  
  "Red tape" is a derisive term for excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant or Bureaucracy and hinders or prevents action or decision-making....
  , a colloquialism for heavy or undesirable bureaucratic process
• Optical celluloid
  Celluloid
  
  Celluloid is the name of a class of Chemical compound created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. Generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1856 and as Xylonite in 1869 before being registered as Celluloid in 1870....
   tape used in movie projector
  Movie projector
  
  A movie projector is an optics-mechanics device for displaying Film by projecting them on a movie screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound devices, are present in movie cameras....
  s (a possible precursor to the compact disc
  Compact Disc
  
  A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
  )
• Tape (pr. (tah-peh), an alternative spelling of tapai
  Tapai
  
  Tapai or tape , sometimes referred to as peuyeum , is a traditional Fermentation found throughout much of East Asia and Southeast Asia....
  , an Indonesian fermented food.