<s>
Media	B-Device
Auxiliary	I-Device
Memory	I-Device
or	O
Medium	O
Auxiliary	O
Memory	O
(	O
MAM	O
)	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
chip	O
embedded	O
into	O
a	O
digital	O
media	O
device	O
(	O
usually	O
a	O
tape	O
cartridge	O
)	O
that	O
stores	O
a	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
or	O
metadata	O
that	O
a	O
computer	O
can	O
read	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
actual	O
tape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAMs	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
tape	O
driver	B-Application
to	O
increase	O
efficiency	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
custom	O
software	O
to	O
store	O
&	O
retrieve	O
custom	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
