cartridge

Meanings

Plural: cartridges

Noun

• ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
• a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
• a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment
  • "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck"
• an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
• The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
• A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
• A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
• Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
• A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
• 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".

Synonyms

magazine, pickup