Tape persisted as the storage medium of choice, even though it suffered from poor performance and the need for sequential, not random, access to stored data.

即便磁带的性能不佳、只能顺序而不是随机存取储存的数据，但磁带作为存储介质一直未变。

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In addition, by random accessing the storage medium at a frame designated by the stop code, to cue up or to move to the broadcasting start point of the program can be performed instantaneously.

此外，通过在由停止代码指定的帧，随机访问存储介质，能够瞬间地进行向节目的广播开始点的指引或移动。

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