microtape

microtape

(hardware, storage)/mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to meana DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape.

Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official termused within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word"DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to themarketroids. Another version of the story holds thatsomeone discovered a conflict with another company's"microtape" trademark.