Cartridge
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Cartridge may refer to:
Geographic location
- 8-track tape cartridge, a 1960s-1980s music storage format
- Broadcast cartridge used in radio stations
- Cartridge (firearms)Cartridge (firearms)A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm. The primer is a small charge of impact-sensitive chemical that may be located at the center of the case head or at its rim . Electrically...
, a round of ammunition - Cartridge (surname)Cartridge (surname)Cartridge is a surname in the English language, and is considered to be an English surname. The name is thought to be possibly a variant form of the surname Cartwright. According to etymologist P. H. Reaney, the earliest record of the surname Cartridge is of John Carkerege, in 1522...
- Compact cassetteCompact CassetteThe Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
used with sound recording and reproduction and data storage for early microcomputers - Digital Audio TapeDigital Audio TapeDigital Audio Tape is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987. In appearance it is similar to a compact audio cassette, using 4 mm magnetic tape enclosed in a protective shell, but is roughly half the size at 73 mm × 54 mm × 10.5 mm. As...
cartridge, a recording and playback medium introduced by Sony in 1987 - Digital Data StorageDigital Data StorageDigital Data Storage is a format for storing computer data on a Digital Audio Tape .DDS uses tape with a width of 3.8mm, with the exception of the latest formats, DAT 160 and DAT 320, which are 8mm wide...
, a format for storing computer data on Digital Audio Tape cartridges - Digital Linear TapeDigital Linear TapeDigital Linear Tape is a magnetic tape data storage technology developed by Digital Equipment Corporation from 1984 onwards. In 1994 the technology was purchased by Quantum Corporation, who currently manufactures drives and licenses the technology and trademark. A variant with higher capacity...
, a magnetic tape cartridge data storage technology introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1984 - IBM 3480 FamilyIBM 3480 FamilyThe 3480 tape format is a magnetic tape data storage format developed by IBM. The tape is one half inch wide and is packaged in a 4"x5"x1" cartridge. The cartridge contains a single reel; the takeup reel is inside the tape drive....
, a magnetic tape cartridge data storage format developed by IBM - Ink cartridgeInk cartridgeAn ink cartridge or inkjet cartridge is a replaceable component of an inkjet printer that contains the ink that is deposited onto paper during printing....
, an ink component of an inkjet printer - Keymatic cartridge, used to program washing machineWashing machineA washing machine is a machine designed to wash laundry, such as clothing, towels and sheets...
s - Linear Tape-OpenLinear Tape-OpenLinear Tape-Open is a magnetic tape data storage technology originally developed in the late 1990s as an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats that were available at the time. Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Seagate initiated the LTO Consortium, which directs development...
, a magnetic tape cartridge data storage technology developed as an open standards alternative to proprietary formats - Magnetic cartridgeMagnetic cartridgeA magnetic cartridge is a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph. It converts mechanical vibrational energy from a stylus riding in a spiral record groove into an electrical signal that is subsequently amplified and then converted back to sound by a...
, a component of a record player - Quarter inch cartridgeQuarter Inch CartridgeQuarter inch cartridge tape is a magnetic tape data storage format introduced by 3M in 1972, with derivatives still in use as of 2009. QIC comes in a rugged enclosed package of aluminum and plastic that holds two tape reels driven by a single belt in direct contact with the tape. The tape was...
, a magnetic tape data storage format introduced by 3M in 1972 - ROM cartridgeROM cartridgeA ROM cartridge, sometimes referred to as a cart, is a removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices designed to be connected to a computer or games console....
, a removable component in an electronic device - Stereo-Pak, a 1950s-1970s music storage format
- Videocassette, used with videocassette recorderVideocassette recorderThe videocassette recorder , is a type of electro-mechanical device that uses removable videocassettes that contain magnetic tape for recording analog audio and analog video from broadcast television so that the images and sound can be played back at a more convenient time...
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Geographic location
- Cartridge CreekCartridge CreekCartridge Creek is a creek near Fresno, California. It terminates in the Middle Fork Kings River. The creek is part of Kings Canyon National Park. A pass above the headwaters of the creek has an old sheep trail over it. The creek was named by Frank Lewis while on a hunting trip in the 1870s...
near Fresno, CaliforniaFresno, CaliforniaFresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...