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磁気テープ (jikiteepu) Japanese meaning: magnetic tape | Kotomora

磁じ気きテープ

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Meanings

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Refers to magnetic tape as a storage medium, such as in audio cassettes, video tapes, or data backup.

昔むかしのコンピューターはデータを磁じ気きテープに保ほ存ぞんしていた。

Kanji

磁magnet, porcelain
気spirit, mind, air

Related words

録ろく音おんテープN1
磁気テープ is the broad technical term for any magnetic tape (audio, video, or data), while 録音テープ specifically refers to tape used for audio recording.
ＭＴ
ＭＴ is the shorthand used in data-storage contexts, while 磁気テープ is the complete term for the physical recording medium.

Old computers stored data on magnetic tape.

Word family

磁じ気きテープ記き憶おく装そう置ち
magnetic tape storage

Built from

磁じ気き+テープ

Etymology

Compound of 磁気 (magnetic) and テープ (tape), a direct calque of English 'magnetic tape'.