noun

• (informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
  "“It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs."
• (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
  "Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight."
• (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
  "Don’t fight the tape."
• (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
  "His pass was right on the tape."

verb

• (informal, passive voice) To understand, figure out.
  "I've finally got this thing taped."