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DAT

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001560

An abbreviation for Digital Audio Tape, a magnetic tape format for recording digital audio signals. It uses a helical scan recording method similar to that used in VCRs, allowing for high-fidelity audio storage. DAT was popular for professional audio recording and archiving due to its high quality and data integrity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001560
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectElectrical engineering
TranslationsGerman: DAT; Spanish: DAT; French: DAT
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001560",
  "term": "DAT",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An abbreviation for Digital Audio Tape, a magnetic tape format for recording digital audio signals. It uses a helical scan recording method similar to that used in VCRs, allowing for high-fidelity audio storage. DAT was popular for professional audio recording and archiving due to its high quality and data integrity.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "DAT",
    "es": "DAT",
    "fr": "DAT"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/dat/"
}

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