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Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms
A glossary of computer and Internet terms with definitions that are easy to understand.
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Tape Drive

Tape Drives are used as a backup device which is rather like a zip drive. Tapes are not practical for normal data storage as they have to go through a lot of tape to read scattered small amounts of data. However as they are cheap and have a large data storage capacity they are ideal to use for backing up data.