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magnetic tape

medium used to store data in the form of magnetic fields
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Summary

magnetic tape ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,213 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: recording medium[2], machine-readable medium[3], magnetic memory[4], product[5]
  • Commons category: Magnetic tapes[6]
  • Has part(s): magnetic particle[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Magnetic tapes[8]
  • Used by: magnetic stripe card[9], compact cassette[10], reel-to-reel audio tape[11]
  • Equivalent class: http://purl.org/ontology/mo/MagneticTape[12]
  • ACM Classification Code (2012): 10003156[13]
  • Derivative work: compact cassette[14], magnetic stripe card[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • P14541: 1GUXu8[17]

Why It Matters

magnetic tape has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Fmadore007 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85079753
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh85079753, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290628|batch #290628]]"
  2. 2d ago · ButterflyOFF · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Kab-Q193663-Tasfift tadkirant-ButterflyOFF.ogg
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: Kab-Q193663-Tasfift tadkirant-ButterflyOFF.ogg, Added pronunciation recorded via Wiki-Say-It! 0.2.10"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1GUXu8
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → magnetic particle
    Subclass of → recording medium, machine-readable medium, magnetic memory +1
    Derivative work → compact cassette, magnetic stripe card
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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