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AIT

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:34 pm

Short for Advanced Intelligent Tape, a magnetic tape storage system developed by Sony. AIT uses 8mm cassette tapes that can hold up to 100GB of data. AITs use helical scan technology and typically are used in data backup and data storage.

Compare with DLT.

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