Cassette and cartridge tapes

Cassette tape and Cartridge tape both refer to a small plastic unit containing a length of magnetic tape. At least 142 distinct types have been known to exist.

The phrase cassette tape is ambiguous in that there is no common dictionary definition[1][2][3] so depending upon usage it has many different meanings, as for example any one the one of 106 different types of audio cassettes[4], video cassettes[5] or data cassettes [6] listed at The Museum of Obsolete Media.

The phrase cartridge tape is also ambiguous with 36 different types of audio[4], video[5] or data[6] cartridges listed at The Museum of Obsolete Media.

From time to time the terms tape cartridge and tape cassette are used to describe the same product.

In current production are the Cassette tape, the LTO tape cartridge and the IBM 3592 tape cartridge.

Technical details and history of some tape cartridges or tape cassettes may be found in the following articles.

Audio
  • Cassette tape, a common cassette tape format for analogue audio recording and playback and introduced in 1983
  • Digital Audio Tape (DAT), a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987
  • Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), a magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992 and marketed as the successor to the standard analog Compact Cassette
  • Digital Tape Format, a magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony

Video
  • Videocassette, a cartridge containing videotape
    • VHS, the most successful format for consumer-level analogue video recording on tape cassettes
    • Betamax, another common consumer videocassette format
    • U-matic, an earlier 3/4 inch video tape format, mostly for professional use

Computer data

See also

References
  1. "cassette-tape". Your Dictionary. Retrieved April 20, 2020. A cassette, used to record and play audio. (emphasis added)
  2. "Meaning of cassette tape in English". Oxford Dictionary. Retrieved April 20, 2020. A cassette of audio tape or videotape. (emphasis added)
  3. "Cassette ... Also called cassette tape". Dictionary.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020. a compact case ... : used for recording or playback of audio or video ..., and for storage of data by some small computer systems. ... (emphasis added)
  4. "Magnetic Tape for Audio". The Museum of Obsolete Media. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  5. "Video Tape". The Museum of Obsolete Media. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  6. "Magnetic Tape for Data". The Museum of Obsolete Media. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
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