The skew specification of your multi-tracked tape recorder  reads " +/ - 0.20 microseconds between adjacent tracks on the  same head stack at 120 ips." What does this mean?

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One of the tracks on a magnetic head could lead or lag the track  next to it by as much as 0.20 microseconds at 120 ips.

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