Tape

Three rolls of gaffers tape.

Tape refers to a strip of long, thin and narrow material, usually rolled up. Most commonly, it refers to:

Recording media

Main article: Magnetic tape

• Cassette tape
• Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
• Digital Compact Cassette (DCC)
• Digital Tape Format
• Magnetic tape sound recording
• Magnetic tape data storage
• Taping, also known as recording, the process of writing information to magnetic tape
• Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
• Tape drive
• Tape head
• Tape recorder
• Videotape

Adhesive tape

Main article: Adhesive tape

• Box sealing tape
• Double-sided tape
• Duct tape
• Electrical tape
• Filament tape
• Gaffers tape
• Hockey tape
• Masking tape
• Medical tape
• Pressure sensitive tape
• Scotch tape, a brand
• Slug tape
• Spike tape
• Surgical tape
• Tape dispenser holds tape rolls
• Taping, a form of strapping to keep muscles or bones at a certain position

Non-adhesive tape

• Barbed tape
• Bubble Tape (Bubble Gum)
• Caution tape
• Drywall tape is paper, cloth, or mesh, sometimes with an adhesive
• Flagging (tape)
• Heat tape used to keep pipes from freezing
• Optical celluloid tape used in movie projectors
• Tape measure
• Twill tape, a narrow, sturdy woven fabric used like string
• Thread seal tape, commonly known as "Teflon tape", "PTFE tape", "tape dope", or "plumber's tape"
• Plumber's tape, which is actually metal strapping used to support pipes and secure hot water heaters

Other usages

• Red tape, a colloquialism for heavy or undesirable bureaucratic process
• Tape (film), a 2001 movie directed by Richard Linklater
• The Tape (Kid Capri album)
• TAPE Inc., the partner of GMA Network in afternoon dramas and the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga! since 1995
• Tape worm
• Tape, Burma
• Tape (pr. (tah-peh), an alternative spelling of tapai, an Indonesian fermented food.

See also

Ribbon (disambiguation)