DIGITAL LINEAR TAPE
\dˈɪd͡ʒɪtə͡l lˈɪni͡ə tˈe͡ɪp], \dˈɪdʒɪtəl lˈɪniə tˈeɪp], \d_ˈɪ_dʒ_ɪ_t_əl l_ˈɪ_n_iə t_ˈeɪ_p]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
(DLT) A kind of magnetic tape driveoriginally developed by DEC and now marketed by Quantum.DLT drives implement the Digital Lempel Ziv 1 (DLZ1)compression algorithm in a combination of hardware andfirmware. They use a popular chip by Stac (now hi/fn)to do the string searching. Counting, sorting and Huffmancoding are done in firmware (with hardware support for theHuffman algorithm?).In April 1997 DLT drives can transfer 5 megabytes per secondand can store 35 gigabytes on a single cartridge.Compression might roughly double these figures.
By Denis Howe
