DAT
Type: noun, acronym
Pronunciation: /dat/
Also spelled or known as: Digital Audio Tape, R-DAT
Plural: DATs
Related: DCC, Digital Recording
What does DAT mean? Digital Audio Tape; A magnetic tape recording format.
DAT was introduced by Sony in the late 1980s for high-quality digital audio recording and storage.
DAT became popular in professional recording studios, broadcast facilities, mastering houses, and live recording applications because it offered high-fidelity digital recording before hard disk recording became widespread.
DAT synonyms: Digital Audio Tape, R-DAT, DAT Tape
Example sentence: “The original concert recording was archived on DAT.”
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