Editing Digital Linear Tape (section)

{{short description|Magnetic tape-based data storage technology}}
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| name = Digital Linear Tape
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| image = Super DLTtape I.jpg
| caption = A Super DLT I tape cartridge
| type = [[Magnetic tape cartridge]]
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| owner = [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]
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| use = Data storage
| released = {{Start date and age|1984}}
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'''Digital Linear Tape''' ('''DLT'''; previously called '''CompacTape''') is a [[magnetic-tape data storage]] technology developed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) from 1984 onwards. In 1994, the technology was purchased by [[Quantum Corporation]], who manufactured drives and licensed the technology and trademark. A variant with higher capacity is called '''Super DLT (SDLT)'''. The lower cost "value line" was initially manufactured by [[Benchmark Storage Innovations]] under license from Quantum. Quantum acquired Benchmark in 2002.

In 2007, Quantum stopped developing DLT drives, shifting its strategy to [[Linear Tape-Open|LTO]].