recording head

or record head

noun

1. the part of a tape recorder that records a sound source by converting the electrical analog of the sound, as from a microphone, into a magnetic signal for storage on magnetic tape.

Word History and Origins

Origin of recording head¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Laboratory demonstrations using spin torque oscillators to generate microwave fields within the write gap of a magnetic recording head have shown that microwaves can excite the magnetic materials.

From Forbes

This is a small additional boost over that achieved by SMR HDDs but it appears to be achievable with relatively minor changes in the magnetic recording head and media. 

From Forbes

The patent alleges infringement of patent 7,097,286, “Ink jet recording head structure, ink jet printer, powder molding method, method of manufacturing recording head structure supporting member, and powder molding press apparatus.”

From Forbes

The arm holds a recording head the size of a pepper flake, which sits above the disk at a height measured in nanometers—less than the ridges of a fingerprint, as marketers like to say.

From BusinessWeek

Changing tapes was only a matter of slapping a new reel into place, dropping the tape into the recording head, and threading it into the empty reel.

From Project Gutenberg