Tape

An étape or etape generally refers to a stage or leg of some sort, often in the context of cycling. Étape may also refer to: * Etape du Dales, a cyclosportive event * L'Étape du Tour, a cyclosportive event

Tape or Tapes may refer to:

Material

Tape is long, narrow, thin strip of material usually used to stick things together. (see also Ribbon (disambiguation):

Adhesive tapes

Adhesive tape

Markings or signals

Barricade tape, also known as caution tape or police tape, resilient plastic tape of a signal color to catch the attention of passerby Detectable tape, a tape buried near underground structures to make them visible to utility location devices Flagging (tape), a colored non-adhesive tape used in marking objects

Recording media

Audiotape, a recording of audio onto magnetic tape Compact Cassette or cassette tape, a magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback Digital Audio Tape (DAT), a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987 Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), a magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992¹ and marketed as the successor to the standard analog Compact Cassette Digital Tape Format, a magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony Magnetic tape, a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film Magnetic tape data storage, uses digital recording on magnetic tape to store digital information Punched tape or paper tape, a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording medium is held on a reel, rather than being contained within a cassette Tape drive, a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape Tape recorder, an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds using magnetic tape Tape head, a type of transducer used in tape recorders to convert electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and vice versa Ticker tape, the earliest digital electronic communications medium, transmitting stock price information over telegraph lines Videotape, a recording of images and sounds onto magnetic tape as opposed to film stock used in filmmaking or random access digital media

Other functions

Barbed tape or razor wire, a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose is to prevent passage by humans Bubble Tape, a brand of bubble gum produced by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Tape (surveying), used in surveying for measuring horizontal, vertical, or slope distances Tape measure, or measuring tape, a flexible form of ruler Thread seal tape, also known as plumber's tape or "Teflon tape", film for use in sealing pipe threads

Geography

Tape, Burma, a river village in Homalin Township Tapes, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

People

Seb Tape (born 1992), Australian rules footballer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

Tape (2001 film), a 2001 movie directed by Richard Linklater Tape (2020 film), a 2020 movie directed by Deborah Kampmeier Tape (play), a 1999 play by Stephen Belber

Music

"Tape", a 2018 song by Brockhampton from Iridescence The Tape (album), Kid Capri album Tape (album), Patty Griffin album

Television

TAPE Inc., a television production company in the Philippines "The Tape", a Seinfeld episode

Other uses

Red tape, a colloquialism for heavy or undesirable bureaucratic process Tapai (also tapay or tape), a traditional fermented food found throughout much of Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia

Names in other languages