Tape

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

See also: List of adhesive tapes

• Adhesive tape, any of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive
• Athletic tape, pressure-sensitive tape that holds muscles or bones in certain positions
• Box-sealing tape, a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes
• Copper tape (or slug tape), adhesive-backed copper tape used to keep slugs and snails out of certain areas
• Double-sided tape, any pressure-sensitive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides
• Duct tape, cloth- or scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tape often coated with polyethylene
• Elastic therapeutic tape
• Electrical tape, a type of pressure-sensitive tape used to insulate electrical wires and other materials that conduct electricity
• Filament tape, a pressure-sensitive tape used for several packaging functions
• Gaffer tape, a strong, tough, cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive properties
• Heat tape, a system used to maintain or raise the temperature of pipes and vessels to protect pipes from freezing or maintain a constant flow temperature
• Hockey tape, cloth-based self-adhesive tape used by ice hockey, roller hockey, and lacrosse players
• Masking tape, also known as painter's tape or sticky tape, a type of pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper, and an easily released pressure-sensitive adhesive
• Pressure-sensitive tape, adhesive tape that will stick with application pressure, without the need for solvent, heat, or water
• Scotch Tape, a brand name used for certain pressure-sensitive tapes manufactured by 3M
• Self-amalgamating tape, a non-tacky silicone-rubber tape which when stretched and wrapped around items amalgamates itself into a strong insulating layer
• Surgical tape, or medical tape, a form of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in medicine and first aid as a bandage to hold a dressing onto a wound
• Twill tape, a flat twill-woven ribbon of cotton, linen, polyester, or wool used in sewing

Markings or signals

• Barricade tape, also known as caution tape or police tap, 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

• 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 1992 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 on to 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 1996 song by Sharon Stoned
• "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

See also

• Ribbon (disambiguation)
• Spike (stagecraft) a marking, usually made with a piece of tape, put on or around the stage
• Strapping