Saturday, September 18, 2010

Magnetic Tape (Sequential Access)

iT IS AN EXAMPLE OF OLD
TYPE STORAGE MEDIA TO STORE LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA PERMANENTLY. mAGNETIC
tAPE CONSISTS OF A THIN RIBBion of plastic. The tap is coated with
magnetic material. The process of reading or writing of data on the tape
is very slow. In magnetic tape, data can only be accessed sequentially. It
is mostly used for taking backup of data.

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