(AIT) A form of magnetic tape and drive using AME developed by Sony for storing large amounts of dATa. An AIT can store over 50 gigabytes and transfer dATa AT six megabytes/second (in February 1999). AIT feATures high speed file access, long head and media life, the ALDC compressionalgorithm, and a MIC chip. Start . {SeagATe (http://www.seagATe.com/support/tape/scsiide/sidewinder/ait_main_page.shtml)}. (1999-04-16)