tape = 'any form of electronic recording' (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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And I still see many instances of video recording (usually to a digital card or memory) being referred to as "video tape/taping".

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> Sounds so normal it's hard to notice:
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> CNN: "And it's all on cell phone tape!"
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> (PS: But call a CD a "record" and you're marked as a nut/fossil.)
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> JL
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