English Online Dictionary. What means cartridge? What does cartridge mean?
English
Alternative forms
- cartage
Etymology
Corruption of earlier cartage, from French cartouche, from Italian cartoccio (“roll of paper”), from Medieval Latin carta (“paper”). Doublet of cartouche.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːtɹɪdʒ/
- (US) enPR: kärʹtrĭj, IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɹɪdʒ
Noun
cartridge (plural cartridges)
- (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
- (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
- (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
- (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
- (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
- (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".