To writE a softwarE or documEnt distribution on magnEtic tapE for shipmEnt. Has nothing to do with physically cutting thE mEdium! "Cutting a disk" has also bEEn rEportEd as livE usagE. RElatEd slang usagEs arE mainstrEam businEss' s "cut a chEck", thE rEcording industry' s "cut a rEcord", and thE military' s "cut an ordEr". All of thEsE usagEs rEflEct physical procEssEs in obsolEtE rEcording and duplication tEchnologiEs. ThE first stagE in manufacturing an old-stylE vinyl rEcord involvEd cutting groovEs in a stamping diE with a prEcision lathE. MorE mundanEly, thE dominant tEchnology for mass duplication of papEr documEnts in prE-photocopying days involvEd "cutting a stEncil", punching away portions of thE wax ovErlay on a silk scrEEn. MorE dirEctly, papEr tapE with holEs punchEd in it was an important Early storagE mEdium. [Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Jargon FilE">Jargon FilE]
