It is a input:)
A disk drive is all three, depending on the situation. It is an input device when it provides stored data to an application. It is an output device when it receives data from an application. It is a storage system when it saves the data for future use.
A tape drive is a device that stores computer data on magnetic tape, especially backup and achieving purpose.
tape drive
Data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape.
Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic. It was developed in Germany, based on magnetic wire recording. Devices that record and play back audio and video using magnetic tape are tape recorders and video tape recorders. A device that stores computer data on magnetic tape is a tape drive.
input
This is an example of a tape drive. A tape drive is a storage device that stores, reads, and writes data on a magnetic tape. Read and write heads, allow the tape drive to copy data from a source onto magnetic tapes placed inside the drive.
A storage device.
Yes it is a portable device
tape drive
A hard drive comes with the Computer. A hard drive is considered permanent as opposed to magnetic tape. The data in tape can be accessed only serially whereas randomly in hard drive.
A floppy drive is an I/O device that uses removable magnetic media coated on a film similar to magnetic recording tape, but formed into a disc shape within a holder.