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Tape refers to a strip of long, thin and narrow material, usually rolled up. Most commonly, it refers to:

Recording media [edit]

• Cassette tape
• Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
• Digital Compact Cassette (DCC)
• Digital Tape Format
• Magnetic tape sound recording
• Magnetic tape
• Magnetic tape data storage
• Taping, also known as recording, the process of writing information to magnetic tape
• Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
• Tape drive
• Tape head
• Tape recorder
• Videotape

Adhesive tape [edit]

• Box sealing tape
• Double-sided tape
• Duct tape
• Electrical tape
• Filament tape
• Gaffer's tape
• Hockey tape
• Masking tape
• Medical tape
• Pressure sensitive tape
• Scotch tape, a brand
• Slug tape
• Spike tape
• Surgical tape
• Tape dispenser holds tape rolls
• Taping, a form of strapping to keep muscles or bones at a certain position

Non-adhesive tape [edit]

• Barbed tape
• Bubble Tape (Bubble Gum)
• Caution tape
• Drywall tape is paper, cloth, or mesh, sometimes with an adhesive
• Flagging (tape)
• Heat tape used to keep pipes from freezing
• Optical celluloid tape used in movie projectors
• Tape measure
• Twill tape, a narrow, sturdy woven fabric used like string
• Thread seal tape, commonly known as "Teflon tape", "PTFE tape", "tape dope", or "plumber's tape"
• Plumber's tape, which is actually metal strapping used to support pipes and secure hot water heaters

Media [edit]

• The Tape (album), Kid Capri album
• The Tape, Seinfeld episode
• Tape (film), a 2001 movie directed by Richard Linklater
• TAPE Inc., the partner of GMA Network in afternoon dramas and the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga! since 1995

Other usages [edit]

• Red tape, a colloquialism for heavy or undesirable bureaucratic process
• Tape worm
• Tape, Burma
• Tape (pr. (tah-peh), an alternative spelling of tapai, an Indonesian fermented food.

See also [edit]

Ribbon (disambiguation)

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