August 1993 | Contractor Report CR-93-44
Effective Erasure of Magnetic Tapes : 3. Further Analytic Results in Development of Erasure and Overwrite Standards
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David Middleton, “Effective Erasure of Magnetic Tapes : 3. Further Analytic Results in Development of Erasure and Overwrite Standards,” Contractor Report CR-93-44, August 1993, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences.
David Middleton
Abstract:
The present analysis extends the concepts and approaches discussed in [1] and [2] for determining the effective erasure or overwrite of signals on magnetic tapes, as part of a general approach to the development of new, statistical standards for this purp
Keywords: magnetic tape; erasure; overwrite; signals; analysis; ternary detection
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