Home › Entities › general › videotape

videotape

magnetic tape used for storing video and sound
Thing general Q747779
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

videotape ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,436 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: magnetic tape[2], machine-readable medium[3], recording medium[4]
  • Unicode character: 📼[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Videotape[6]
  • Commons gallery: Videotape[7]
  • Used by: video tape recorder[8], videocassette recorder[9], camcorder[10]
  • Different from: video cartridge[11], open reel videotape[12], videocassette[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14], NADD Wikidata project[15]

Why It Matters

videotape has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] videotape is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Beijing Full House Good Luck Charlie iCarly

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). videotape. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/videotape
MLA “videotape.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/videotape.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_videotape_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{videotape}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/videotape}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): videotape — https://4ort.xyz/entity/videotape (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/videotape · Last refreshed: