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July 7th 04, 07:40 PM

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On 1 Jul 2004 00:15:17 GMT, (Christopher C.
Stacy) wrote:

What does "cut a tape" mean, and why and where does that come from?

It means "record" a tape. I suspect the origin is from the days
before magnetic recording, when recordings were made mechanically on
discs, literally "cut" into the disc by a stylus.

To this day many people refer to the tracks on a CD as "cuts." Old
linguistic habits die hard.

It's arguable that the pits on a regular CD (not a CD-R) are "cut"
(althoug some say "burned") at mastering time. So the terminology is not
far-fetched at all when applied to mass-replicated CDs.

Tape is another matter.

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