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Tape cartridge.
Tape
A firmware feature that monitors and returns the results of
TapeAlert™
the tape drive's on-going self-diagnosis activity.
The path through which media moves from the cartridge, past
Tape Path
the read/write head, and onto the take-up reel.
The Tape Control Module implements the functions required to
TCM
buckle and unbuckle the media and control the media motion.
Timecode information can be recorded within an MXF file.
Timecode
Given that an MXF file can have several outputs (MXF
terminology:
different timecode.
Table Of Contents - Contains file system information.
TOC
A linear or angled pattern of data written on a media surface.
Track
SDLT tape drives write information on multiple tracks
simultaneously.
The speed at which the data moves between a host (that is,
Transfer Rate
tape drive) and a recorded device. Usually expressed as bytes/
sec or bits/sec.
Test Unit Ready (see also <Link>Take-up Reel).
TUR
Underwriters Laboratories is a testing laboratory, which
UL
develops standards for consumer products, chiefly dealing with
product safety.
Unformatted Capacity
including the space that will be required later to record location,
boundary definitions, and timing information. (See also Native
Capacity.)
Uniform Resource Locator - The address of a site on the Internet.
URL
Universal Serial Bus is a serial bus standard for connecting
USB
devices to a computer.
A Volt is the potential difference across a conductor when a
V
current of one ampere dissipates one watt of power.
Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information
VCCI
Technology Equipment (Japan).
), each of them can be set to a
material package
The total number of usable byes on the media,
Glossary
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