However, the old way will become progressively marooned as time goes on, not quickly, but over a period measured in years.

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Backup and archiving remain the biggest applications for digital magnetic tape although it is also used as a physical data transport device (as the old saying goes, you can ship more data on tape in a delivery truck over a shorter time than you can send electronically).

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