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Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT)

Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) is a form of magnetic tape and drive using AME developed by Sony for storing large amounts of data. AIT features high speed file access, long head and media life, the ALDC compression algorithm, and a MIC chip. There are a few types of AIT tapes: AIT-1, AIT-2, AIT-3, AIT-4 and S-AIT, each has different capacities and speeds.

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