Cassette
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Cassette may refer to:
- In general, a small cartridge. It may refer specifically to:
- 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...
, a worldwide standard for analog audio recording and playback, also known as audio cassette, cassette tape, or tape - 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...
(or DAT), a digital audio cassette tape format, mainly used by professionals - Digital Compact CassetteDigital Compact CassetteDigital Compact Cassette was a magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992 and pitched as a successor to the standard analog cassette. It was also a direct competitor to Sony's MiniDisc but neither format toppled the then ubiquitous analog cassette...
(or DCC), a short-lived digital audio cassette format aimed at domestic users - Videocassette, a cassette containing videotapeVideotapeA videotape is a recording of images and sounds on to magnetic tape as opposed to film stock or random access digital media. Videotapes are also used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram...
, for use in VCRs
- Compact Cassette
- Album (Public Image Limited album), a Public Image Ltd album called "Cassette" on certain editions
- Cassette, a set of multiple sprockets on a bicycle.
- Cassette (New Zealand band)Cassette (New Zealand band)Cassette are an alt country/indie rock band from Wellington, New Zealand. They were formed in summer 1999-2000, and originally consisted of Tom Watson , Craig Terris and David Fraser . The Band was joined by Paul Trigg of Letterbox Lambs fame after their move to Melbourne in 2001...
, a band from New Zealand - Cassette (South African band)Cassette (South African band)Cassette is a South African rock band.The band won a South African Music Award in the Best Rock Album category in 2007 for their debut album Welcome Back To Earth. They were also nominated for two other categories, including the Best Group category...
, a band from South Africa. They won the South African Music Award (SAMA) for best rock album 2007 - Gene cassetteGene cassetteA gene cassette is broadly a modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.In genetic engineering, a gene cassette refers to a manipulable fragment of DNA carrying, and capable of expressing, one or more genes of interest between one or more sets of restriction...
, a term used to describe certain vectors that are normally used to confer a selectable marker on an organism