Digital Instrumentation Recorder
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Digital Instrumentation Recorder is a magnetic tape
data storage format developed by Sony
. It uses a ¾" wide tape, in a cassette with two reels, which is written and read with a helical scan
process.
Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic. It was developed in Germany, based on magnetic wire recording. Devices that record and play back audio and video using magnetic tape are tape recorders and video tape recorders...
data storage format developed by Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
. It uses a ¾" wide tape, in a cassette with two reels, which is written and read with a helical scan
Helical scan
Helical scan is a method of recording high bandwidth signals onto magnetic tape. It is used in reel-to-reel video tape recorders, video cassette recorders, digital audio tape recorders, and some computer tape drives....
process.