leader

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noun a product which sells best
noun an important share, one which is often bought or sold on the Stock Exchange

noun a section of magnetic tape that contains no signal, used at the beginning of the reel for identification and to aid the tape machine to pick up the tape

A section of nonmagnetic tape, usually plastic, which is affixed to the beginning of a length of recording tape, such as a reel. A section attached at the end of a tape is called a trailer (1). Also called leader tape.
In computers, a record which precedes and describes other records.
An initial discharge which sets the path for a subsequent lightning stroke. The leader ionizes the air along its trajectory, and such a discharge may occur between a cloud and the ground, between clouds, or within the same cloud. Also called leader stroke.

noun in information retrieval, the data at the beginning of a machine-readable record identifying and locating the information content
noun a piece of blank tape at the beginning of a reel, which is fed into a machine

noun somebody who manages or directs others
noun the main barrister, usually a QC, in a team appearing for one side in a case

noun coloured, non-recordable tape used on reel-to-reel tape to indicate the beginning (green) and end (red) of a piece of audio

noun someone who is responsible for organising or controlling a group of people
noun someone such as a person, company, country or something such as a product that is the most successful of its type

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