(i). They are very cheap & convenient, making them to be a widely used form of secondary storage in many home computers.
(ii). It can store hundreds of thousands of bytes of data.
(iii). Can be re-used.
(iv). An ordinary cassette player can be used to record & play back the data on the tapes. Therefore, no expensive Input/Output device needs to be bought.
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