<s>
Optical	B-Device
tape	I-Device
is	O
a	O
medium	O
for	O
optical	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
generally	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
long	O
and	O
narrow	O
strip	O
of	O
plastic	O
onto	O
which	O
patterns	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
and	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
patterns	O
can	O
be	O
read	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
shares	O
some	O
technologies	O
with	O
cinema	O
film	O
stock	O
and	O
optical	B-Device
discs	I-Device
,	O
but	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
neither	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
projected	O
that	O
optical	B-Device
tape	I-Device
would	O
be	O
a	O
commonly	O
used	O
,	O
high-capacity	O
,	O
high-speed	O
computer	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
motivation	O
behind	O
developing	O
this	O
technology	O
was	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
far	O
greater	O
storage	B-General_Concept
capacities	I-General_Concept
than	O
either	O
magnetic	O
tape	O
or	O
optical	B-Device
discs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
