Cartridge vs. Cassette

Cartridgenoun

(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.

Cartridgenoun

(by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.

Cartridgenoun

(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.

Cartridgenoun

(computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.

Cartridgenoun

(computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.

Cartridgenoun

(obsolete) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself".

Cartridgenoun

A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.

Cartridgenoun

ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun

Cartridgenoun

a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required

Cartridgenoun

a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment;

Cartridgenoun

an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

Cassettenoun

A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.

Cassettenoun

Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner

Cassettenoun

(photography) A lightproof container for photographic film.

Cassettenoun

(genetics) A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.

Cassettenoun

(cycling) A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.

Cassettenoun

A saggar ceramic container used in a kiln

Cassettenoun

Same as Seggar.

Cassettenoun

a small case to hold a removable part of some mechanism, designed for convenience in inserting and removing the working part. Most commonly referring to a tape cassette, made mostly of plastic, which holds a reel of magnetic tape for tape players or tape recorders or video cassette recorders. The term may refer, as for tape cassettes, to the integrated case plus tape, or sometimes only to the case itself separate from the contents.

Cassettenoun

a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video