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[Harold Hallikainen]

> I've noticed that "rewind" seems to have become a permanent part of our
> lexicon even when there's no longer any tape to wind back onto a spool.
> Somehow "fast reverse" just doesn't have the same ring to it.  And "tape"
> is still often used as a synonymous with "to record" or "recording,"
> especially in reference to video, as in "we got it on tape" or "during
> the taping of the show."  Of course there are some tape-based digital
> video formats in wide use in both the consumer and professional arena,
> so that usage is not entirely archaic.
>

I'm doing work in digital cinema. The movie is broken down into several
sequential files. They're called "reels."

Back to television, a phrase I have not heard on the air in a while is
"Film at eleven." Used to hear that all the time!

Harold

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