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DLT

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001772

Digital linear tape, a magnetic tape storage format that uses a single-reel cartridge of half-inch tape and records data in many parallel tracks along the length of the tape in a serpentine pattern. It was widely used for server backup and archiving before the LTO format displaced it.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001772
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial supplies, equipment, and components
TranslationsGerman: DLT; Spanish: DLT; French: DLT
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001772",
  "term": "DLT",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Digital linear tape, a magnetic tape storage format that uses a single-reel cartridge of half-inch tape and records data in many parallel tracks along the length of the tape in a serpentine pattern. It was widely used for server backup and archiving before the LTO format displaced it.",
  "subject": "Industrial supplies, equipment, and components",
  "translations": {
    "de": "DLT",
    "es": "DLT",
    "fr": "DLT"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/dlt/"
}

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