Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation digital audiotape

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of dative.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun acronym digital audiotape, a digitally encoded tape recording of sound; -- in contrast to the usual analog audio tape.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • initialism computing, audio Digital Audio Tape — a digital data storage tape format using a dual-spooled cartridge and magnetic tape, used for digital audio and data storage.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a digital tape recording of sound

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Examples

  • The detainee, who is referred to as DAT 326, told the U.S. soldiers how he had been abused for hours by his Iraqi captors - a claim backed by a U.S. medical exam.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • The detainee, who is referred to as DAT 326, told the U.S. soldiers how he had been abused for hours by his Iraqi captors - a claim backed by a U.S. medical exam.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • The first analysis conducted at the request of the DAT was a test of the downstream heating effects of upstream damage sites.

    NASASpaceFlight.com 2009

  • The AHRA requires the manufacturers of a certain type of digital audio equipment (such as DAT) to implement a copy-control mechanism, called the Serial Copyright Management System (SCMS) that prevents users from making digital copies of copies of recordings.

    RIAA vs Diamond Rio 2009

  • The AHRA requires the manufacturers of a certain type of digital audio equipment (such as DAT) to implement a copy-control mechanism, called the Serial Copyright Management System (SCMS) that prevents users from making digital copies of copies of recordings.

    RIAA vs Diamond Rio 2009

  • RUN THIS ONLY ONCE .. when you run it it will ask you for the path to MBASES. DAT which is located in your DATA directory ..

    Renegade Frequently Asked Question List by Paul Reed (BBS Program) 1993

  • The MovieBook VPD550T can play back video encoded in a large number of formats, such as DAT,

    Softpedia News - Global 2010

  • The MovieBook VPD550T can play back video encoded in a large number of formats, such as DAT,

    Softpedia News - Global 2010

  • The MovieBook VPD550T can play back video encoded in a large number of formats, such as DAT,

    Softpedia News - Global 2010

  • He also waves, and tackles his sister, and he points at everything and says "DAT" or "DUT" (rhymes with "put" - Monkey loves imitating it) ….

    Cheaty Monkey 2008

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