New Owner T61 Think Pad w/ curious question

I have never owned a laptop. I have used desktops for over 20 years.
This is very new for me. Question is within the port that you input the battery.
Curious ??
There is enclosed card inside the battery port that has a pull tab "tape" with arrows which extends where the card is loaded within the laptop. 
What is this?
Is the tape to be removed or left in place.
I have not touched it.  Thank You.

You mean under the "pins" in battery slot ? this is propably sim card reader (if you have a GSM/EDGE or any other WAN module inserted) this tape is for makeing you easier to eject the sim card ..
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