cassette tape

A cassette tape is a magnetic audio storage medium that uses a plastic tape coated with tiny magnetic particles. When recorded, these particles store audio signals by aligning their magnetic fields in specific patterns. A cassette player uses a magnetic head to read these patterns and convert them back into sound. Cassette tapes were widely used for music, voice recordings, and data storage from the 1960s through the early 2000s. They are portable, inexpensive, and easy to use, but have lower sound quality compared to digital formats and are prone to wear over time.