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455:Generation
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1766:Categories
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1683:ECMAScript
1675:JavaScript
1262:DECtape II
954:2007-01-30
933:2007-10-15
882:References
186:AIT tapes.
80:newspapers
1548:Super DLT
878:keeping.
720:cancelled
715:cancelled
538:Encoding
491:cancelled
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380:7.0, 5.3
366:170, 230
360:170, 230
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1074:CDC 626
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697:SAIT-3
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1234:(1971)
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1211:(1986)
1205:(1972)
1188:(1999)
1182:(1997)
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1159:(2006)
1157:T10000
1153:(2003)
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1123:(1984)
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1099:(1952)
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1076:(1966)
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812:SAIT-2
799:SAIT-1
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467:AIT-5
464:AIT-4
458:AIT-3
254:AIT-2
248:AIT-1
165:Video8
159:, and
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89:
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75:
67:
1729:Other
1596:FAT16
1591:FAT12
1391:Data8
1356:ArVid
1330:Sony
1244:DC100
1232:D/CAS
1215:Ditto
1139:T9940
1133:T9840
927:(PDF)
920:(PDF)
859:R-MIC
820:Notes
711:2006
708:2003
644:AIT-5
628:AIT-4
615:AIT-3
487:2006
484:2005
481:2006
478:2001
425:AIT-2
396:AIT-1
347:6400
342:4800
307:3, 4
274:1999
271:2004
268:1996
265:2004
101:JSTOR
87:books
1741:JSON
1689:Dart
1493:APIW
1374:SAIT
867:WORM
788:8.6
774:640
771:600
741:4000
736:2000
732:800
729:500
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603:YES
600:YES
597:YES
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584:4.8
579:5.3
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566:246
561:230
509:400
506:200
503:150
500:100
434:WORM
389:6.6
383:6.6
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369:186
363:186
337:RPM
206:and
173:SAIT
145:Sony
73:news
1720:UWB
1715:NFC
1679:E4X
1613:UDF
1586:FAT
1559:VXA
1543:DLT
1538:DDS
1409:VXA
1403:AIT
1368:DTF
1339:DST
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1203:QIC
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1121:DLT
850:MIC
842:AME
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753:45
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149:DLT
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