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How does sequential access work in a tape drive?

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Sequential access is a method of data access used by tape drives, whereby data is written or read sequentially from the beginning to the end of the tape or until the desired data is found.

Basically, in order to read data from anywhere on a tape, you must start at the beginning of the tape and read until you come to the "sought-after" data.

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