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tape safe (plural tape safes)

  1. A safe for the storage of backups on computer tape.
    • 1974, Barbara N Weaver, Wiley L Bishop, The Corporate Memory:
      The first step in providing protection is the placement of a tape safe within the data center tape library.
    • 1983, Adrian R D Norman, Computer Insecurity:
      Ten days elapsed before the demolition crew found the tape safe ... They had, however, saved all the forty tapes in the tape safe.