microtape
     
         /mi:'kroh-tayp/ occasionally used to mean
        a dectape, as opposed to a macrotape.
     
        apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term
        used within dec for these tapes until someone coined the word
        "dectape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the
        marketroids.  another version of the story holds that
        someone discovered a conflict with another company's
        "microtape" trademark.
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-03-16
     
     
see also:
dectape macrotape marketroid jargon file