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TAPE HEAD [2 records]

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Record 1 1985-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

The assembly of read/write, or read, and write heads.

OBS

The tape head reacts only to the frequencies of sound, so frequencies are generated by software, using digital hardware with one frequency representing logic one and another frequency representing zero.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
OBS

(...) a thin plastic tape with a coating of very fine magnetic particles passes across a narrow air gap on the tape head [in magnetic-tape recording]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
OBS

les têtes d'enregistrement et de lecture, souvent confondues en une tête mixte (...) sont de plus en plus séparées.

Spanish

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