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tape drive

data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape
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tape drive

Summary

tape drive draws 494 Wikipedia views per month (practices category, ranking #100 of 764).[1]

Key Facts

  • tape drive is a type of drive[2].
  • tape drive is a type of removable-media drive[3].
  • tape drive's Commons category is recorded as Tape drives[4].
  • tape drive's Unicode character is recorded as ✇[5].
  • tape drive's Unicode character is recorded as 🖭[6].
  • tape drive's Commons gallery is recorded as Tape drive[7].
  • tape drive's manifestation of is recorded as magnetic tape data storage[8].
  • tape drive's connects with is recorded as computer tape cartridge[9].

Why It Matters

tape drive draws 494 Wikipedia views per month (practices category, ranking #100 of 764).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

ADAT Compact Cassette tape drive disk drive drive IBM 3480 Family IBM 3590 IBM 3592 IBM 726 IBM 727 IBM 728 IBM 729 removable-media drive Rotronics Wafadrive UNISERVO UNISERVO IIA ZX Microdrive

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tape-drive_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tape drive}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tape-drive}, note = {Accessed: 2026-03-08}}
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