Tape or Tapes may refer to:

Material

Tape is long, narrow, thin strip of material usually used to stick things together. (see also Ribbon (disambiguation):

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, a pressure-sensitive tape used for closing or sealing corrugated fiberboard boxes * Copper tape (or slug tape), adhesive-backed copper tape used to keep slugs and snails out of certain areas * Double-sided tape, any pressure-sensitive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides * Duct tape, 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 tape, 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

* Audiotape, a recording of audio onto magnetic tape * 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 Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. It was developed in Germany in 1928, based on the earlier magnetic wire recording from Denmark. Devices that use magnetic ...

, 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 tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present ...

, 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 Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually Sound recording and reproduction, sound in addition. Information stored can be in the form of either an analog signal, analog or Digital signal (signal processing), digital signal. V ...

, a recording of images and sounds onto 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 A tape measure or measuring tape is a long, flexible ruler used to measure length or distance. It usually consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fibreglass, or metal (usually - hard steel alloy) strip with linear measurement markings. Types Ta ...

, 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

* Seb Tape (born 1992), Australian rules footballer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Tape'' (2001 film), a 2001 movie directed by Richard Linklater * ''Tape'' (2020 film), a 2020 movie directed by Deborah Kampmeier * ''Tape'' (play), a 1999 play by Stephen Belber

Music

*"Tape", a 2018 song by Brockhampton from '' Iridescence'' * ''The Tape'' (album), Kid Capri album * ''Tape'' (album), Patty Griffin 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