TAPE DRIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tape drive mean? 

• TAPE DRIVE (noun)
  The noun TAPE DRIVE has 1 sense:

1. a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder

  Familiarity information: TAPE DRIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAPE DRIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tape drive; tape transport; transport

Hypernyms ("tape drive" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Holonyms ("tape drive" is a part of...):

tape deck (electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system)

tape machine; tape recorder (a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape)