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cartridge

(1) See phono cartridge.

(2) A removable storage module that contains magnetic disks, optical discs, magnetic tape or memory chips. Cartridges are inserted into slots in the drive, printer or computer. Cartridges typically contain one reel of tape or one disk platter, while cassettes are for tape only and have a supply and takeup reel. Very often, tape cassettes are called cartridges. For a summary of removable tape, disk and optical cartridges, see magnetic tape, magnetic disk and optical disc.

A Lotta Cartridges

These are most of the tape and disk cartridges (as well as cassettes) that have come on the scene since the mid-1990s.

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cartridge

1. an electromechanical transducer in the pick-up of a record player, usually either containing a piezoelectric crystal (crystal cartridge) or an electromagnet (magnetic cartridge)

2. a container for magnetic tape that is inserted into a tape deck in audio or video systems. It is about four times the size of a cassette

3. Photog a light-tight film container that enables a camera to be loaded and unloaded in normal light

4. Computing a removable unit in a computer, such as an integrated circuit, containing software

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cartridge [′kär·trij]

(computer science)

A self-contained module that contains disks, magnetic tape, or integrated circuits for storing data.

(engineering)

A cylindrical, waterproof, paper shell filled with high explosive and closed at both ends; used in blasting.

(engineering acoustics)

phonograph pickup tape cartridge

(graphic arts)

A container designed to hold microforms to be inserted into a reader, a reader-printer, or a retrieval device; when used for roll microfilm, it is a single-core device.

(nucleonics)

jacket

(ordnance)

An assemblage of the components required to function a weapon once.

Ammunition for a gun which contains in a unit assembly all components required to function the gun once, and which is loaded into the gun in one operation.