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Phillips was the inventor of the compact cassette tape (it's original name).
A cassette was invented in 1962. There were other forms of magnetic tape mad before this but none of them compared to the compact cassette.
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Compact Discs were introduced in the early '80s to replace 8-Track and cassette tape formats.
One uses a cassette tape adaptor to play music through sound systems with a tape player. By using this cassette tape adaptor, one does not need an auxiliary input.
Audio is encoded on the cassette tape by aligning the magnetic field of the material on the tape. A magnet can erase the tape or perhaps corrupt the sound quality.
Blank cassette tapes are used to record sounds using a tape recorder. A few things to consider when purchasing blank cassette tapes are, how much time is on the tape, if the tape is damaged, and the tape quality.
1963 Philips introduced the compact audio cassette medium for audio storage in Europe in 1963, and in the United States in 1964, under the trademark name Compact Cassette. Although there were other magnetic tape cartridge systems, the Compact Cassette became dominant as a result of Philips's decision in the face of pressure from Sony to license the format free. It went on to become a popular (and re-recordable) alternative to the 12 inch vinyl LP during the late 1970s. source: wikipedia article for Compact Cassette.
le cassette = the cassette / the tape / the cassette tape
a tape/cassette then maybe a record player
An audio tape is a magnetic tape which stores analogue sound for later playback on a tape player, or any similar variety of cassette tape.