Blocking

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Storage

The sticking together or adhesion of successive windings in a tape pack. Blocking can result from (1) deterioration of the binder, (2) storage of tape reels at high temperatures, and/or (3) excessive tape pack stresses.

Cinching: The wrinkling, or folding over, of tape on itself in a loose tape pack. Normally occurs when a loose tape pack is stopped suddenly, causing outer tape layers to slip past inner layers, which in turn causes a buckling of tape in the region of slip. Results in large dropouts or high error rates.

Council on Library and Information Resources — Magnetic Tape Storage and Handling

Technology

Telecommunications

The formatting of data into blocks for purposes of transmission, storage, checking, or other functions. 2. Denying access to, or use of, a facility, system, or component. 3. The failure of a telecommunications network to meet a user service demand, because of the lack of an available communications path.

ATIS — ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007