Automatic Data Proc Tape Program

A thin flexible strip of material in roll form, having a magnetic coating on one surface upon which is recorded the sequence of instructions required by a computer for solving a particular problem. It is stored in a cartridge, cassette, or reel which is designed to be inserted into the tape transport of a computer. See also disk program, automatic data processing. For disks or tapes haivng no prerecorded data, see disk, flexible and tape, electronic data processing.