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They operate on the same principle as ½-inch reel-to-reel tape.
The domestic Cassette tapes are very similar to magnetic tapes. The only difference is that Magnetic tapes are wider & longer than the domestic cassettes.
Many cartridges are designed to overcome the bother of loading and unloading tapes.
A tape cartridge gives greater protection against dust & dirt and then makes the tape trouble-free.
Tape cartridges provide an effective way to copy the contents of disks to guard against data loss.
On cassettes tapes, characters are stored serially down the length of the tape, one at a time. This slows down the processing speed of the information stored on the tape.
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