microtape/mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a {DECtape}, as opposed to a {macrotape}. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the {marketroid}s. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-16)