In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TAPING
tape, tape recording, taping
(noun) a recording made on magnetic tape; “the several recordings were combined on a master tape”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
taping
present participle of tape
Noun
taping (plural tapings)
The act of something being recorded on tape.
The act of something being stuck with adhesive tape.
Source: Wiktionary
TAPE
Tape, n. Etym: [AS. tæppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.]
1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. Red tape. See under Red.
– Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery.
– Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNEXPLOITED
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
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