Tape or Tapes may refer to:

Material

A long, narrow, thin strip of material (see also

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Adhesive tapes

* Adhesive tape, any of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive * Athletic tape, pressure-sensitive tape that holds muscles or bones in certain positions *

Box-sealing tape Box-sealing tape, parcel tape or packing tape is a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes. It consists of a pressure-sensitive adhesive coated onto a backing material which is usually a polypropylene or ...

, a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes *

Copper tape Copper tape refers to a thin strip of copper, often backed with adhesive. Copper tape can be found at most hardware and gardening stores and sometimes electronic stores. Copper tape is used to keep slugs and snails out of certain areas in gard ...

(or slug tape), adhesive-backed copper tape used to keep slugs and snails out of certain areas *

Double-sided tape Double-sided tape is any pressure-sensitive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides. It is designed to stick two surfaces together, often in a way which is not visible in the end product, due to it being in between the objects rather than ...

, any pressure-sensitive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides *

Duct tape Duct tape (also called duck tape, from the cotton duck cloth it was originally made of) is cloth- or scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tape, often coated with polyethylene. There are a variety of constructions using different backings and adhesi ...

, cloth- or scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tape often coated with polyethylene * Elastic therapeutic tape * Electrical tape, a type of pressure-sensitive tape used to insulate electrical wires and other materials that conduct electricity * Filament tape, a pressure-sensitive tape used for several packaging functions * Gaffer tape, a strong, tough, cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive properties * Heat tape, a system used to maintain or raise the temperature of pipes and vessels to protect pipes from freezing or maintain a constant flow temperature * Hockey tape, cloth-based self-adhesive tape used by ice hockey, roller hockey, and lacrosse players * Masking tape, also known as painter's tape or sticky tape, a type of pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper, and an easily released pressure-sensitive adhesive * Pressure-sensitive tape, adhesive tape that will stick with application pressure, without the need for solvent, heat, or water * Scotch Tape, a brand name used for certain pressure-sensitive tapes manufactured by 3M * Self-amalgamating tape, a non-tacky silicone-rubber tape which when stretched and wrapped around items amalgamates itself into a strong insulating layer * Surgical tape, or medical tape, a form of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in medicine and first aid as a bandage to hold a dressing onto a wound * Twill tape, a flat twill-woven ribbon of cotton, linen, polyester, or wool used in sewing

Markings or signals

*Barricade tape, also known as caution tape or police tap, resilient plastic tape of a signal color to catch the attention of passerby *Detectable tape, a tape buried near underground structures to make them visible to utility location devices *Flagging (tape), a colored non-adhesive tape used in marking objects

Recording media

*Compact Cassette or cassette tape, a magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback *Digital Audio Tape (DAT), a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987 *Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), a magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992 and marketed as the successor to the standard analog Compact Cassette *Digital Tape Format, a magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony *Magnetic tape, a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film **Magnetic tape data storage, uses digital recording on magnetic tape to store digital information *Punched tape or paper tape, a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data *Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording medium is held on a reel, rather than being contained within a cassette *Tape drive, a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape *Tape recorder, an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds using magnetic tape **Tape head, a type of transducer used in tape recorders to convert electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and vice versa *Ticker tape, the earliest digital electronic communications medium, transmitting stock price information over telegraph lines *Videotape, a recording of images and sounds on to magnetic tape as opposed to film stock used in filmmaking or random access digital media

Other functions

*Barbed tape or razor wire, a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose is to prevent passage by humans *Bubble Tape, a brand of bubble gum produced by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company *Tape (surveying), used in surveying for measuring horizontal, vertical, or slope distances *Tape measure, or measuring tape, a flexible form of ruler *Thread seal tape, also known as plumber's tape or "Teflon tape", film for use in sealing pipe threads

Geography

*Tape, Burma, a river village in Homalin Township *Tapes, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

People

*Mougnini Tape (born 1990), Ivorian footballer *Seb Tape (born 1992), Australian rules footballer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

*Tape (film), ''Tape'' (film), a 2001 movie directed by Richard Linklater *Tape (play), ''Tape'' (play), a 1999 play by Stephen Belber

Music

*"Tape", a 1996 song by Sharon Stoned *"Tape", a 2018 song by Brockhampton from ''Iridescence (album), Iridescence'' *The Tape (album), ''The Tape'' (album), Kid Capri album

Television

*TAPE Inc., a television production company in the Philippines *"The Tape", a ''Seinfeld'' episode

Other uses

*Red tape, a colloquialism for heavy or undesirable bureaucratic process *''Tapai'' (also ''tapay'' or ''tape''), a traditional fermented food found throughout much of Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia