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Cassette Tape

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The cassette tape, officially named the Compact Cassette and also known as the audio cassette or simply the tape, is an analog magnetic tape format for recording and playing back audio. It was invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips, who introduced the Compact Cassette in August 1963 and, from 1966 onward, licensed the patented format freely to other manufacturers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Lou Ottens, Engineers
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1. Cassette tape (Wikipedia)
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    The cassette tape, officially named the Compact Cassette, and also known as audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.
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    the Compact Cassette was introduced in August 1963
  • In Field: Electrical Engineering, Introduction
    The cassette tape, officially named the Compact Cassette, and also known as audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.
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Wikipedia: Lou Ottens
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a Dutch engineer and inventor, best known as the inventor of the cassette tape, and for his work in helping to
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