General Knowledge Of Magnetic Tape
Monday, October 5th, 2009History of Magnetic Tape & Magnetic Disks Magnetic tape and magnetic disk media are used for data storage.They have developed and changed over the years, getting smaller while holding more information. As a rule, size of media has moved from being enormous and very inefficient, to tiny and ultra-efficient. We have seen magnetic tape with a 2-inch width being replaced by micro-miniature disks holding hundreds of times the capacity and with much more redundancy.