- quarter-inch cartridge
- Abbreviated QIC. A set of tape standards defined by the Quarter-Inch Cartridge Drive Standards Association, a trade association established in 1987. Several standards are in use today as Table Q.1 shows.TABLE Q.1 QIC CAPACITIESQIC Standard / Capacity / Tape TypeQIC-24 / 60MB / full-sized cartridgeQIC-40 / 40MB / mini cartridgeQIC-80 / 80MB / mini cartridgeQIC-100 / 40MB / mini cartridgeQIC-120 / 125MB / full-sized cartridgeQIC-128 / 128MB / mini cartridgeQIC-150 / 250MB / full-sized cartridgeQIC-380 / 380MB / mini cartridgeQIC-525 / 525MB / full-sized cartridgeQIC-1000 / 1GB / full-sized cartridgeQIC-1350 / 1.35GB / full-sized cartridgeQIC-3010 / 340MB / mini cartridgeQIC-3020 / 680MB / full-sized cartridgeQIC-4GB / 4GB / full-sized cartridgeQIC-5GB / 5GB / full-sized cartridge
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