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A low-level computer operator or systems administrator. So named for one of the customary duties of such a position, which was to start backups manually from the command line, switch tapes as needed, and monitor the backup for successful completion.
Storage Area Networks, RAID arrays, tape jukeboxes, and the like have largely rendered such jobs obsolete.
"I started out as a third-shift tape ape because I knew a few Unix commands and could use a shell prompt. Taught myself systems administration and programming while watching the tapes spin and now I'm a software developer."
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Tape commonly used in the entertainment industry. Better and more expensive than duct tape (about $17 a roll).
v. Gaf, pp. Gaffing, pt. Gaffed
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A phrase or saying for having a record or documentation of something that occurred/event. Does not have to be on a tape or VHS recorder, can be any type of media such as video, audio or photography. Any device can be used for this, even modern devices.
Emily busted her shit on the stairs. Her friend Janie laughs and says "I wish I had gotten that on tape!"
Therefore getting that on tape.
a common substitute for "sex tape"
I saw the Kim Kardashian secks tape
When one puts tape on his or her butthole and they proceed to pull it off quickly.
Oh my god! Tyrone and I used anal tape yesterday. I'm so sore!
A person who is very knowledgeable about music, from any genre, from the mid 80's to the mid 90's when digital audio tapes were in heavy circulation.
I'm not feeling these new kats coming into the rap game, now a days. I'm still a tape warm at heart, all I listen to is illmatic and Paid in Full
When you get in the business of selling & trading VHS cassette tapes. This was popular in the 90's and early 2000's & was popularised with tapes of wrestling such as WWF, ECW, AJPW, World of Sport & WCW.
tape trader
Deat BWL, I'll have a order of a 736b, 836c, 938j & 528n please.