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Noun: paper tape
  1. A long narrow strip of paper
     
  2. (computing, historical) an early sequential digital storage medium consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being coded as a pattern of punched holes
    - punched tape

Derived forms: paper tapes

Type of: paper

Encyclopedia: Paper tape