Cartridge

The word cartridge has different meanings, depending on context:

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• Cartridge (electronics) - a module to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment, for example a games cartridge in a games console, or an ink cartridge in a printer.
• 8-track audio tapes are often called cartridges.
• Cartridge (firearms) is a round of charge-and-bullet ammunition.
• The removable part of a record player (turntable) arm holding the stylus (needle) - see magnetic cartridge.
• Cartridge paper is a high quality type of heavy paper used for illustration, drawing, etc. It was originally used for making cartridges of the weaponry kind, hence the name.
• Originally a cartridge was 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". This is an obsolete usage.