cartridge A container used to protect and facilitate the use of various computer-related media such as magnetic tape, magnetic disk, optical disk, integrated circuitry, or printer ink ribbon. It is usually designed so that the medium remains permanently within the cartridge or at least attached to it, and the medium itself is not touched by an operator. See magnetic tape cartridge, disk cartridge, ROM cartridge, caddy.

car·tridge / ˈkärtrij/ • n. a container holding a spool of photographic film, a quantity of ink, or other item or substance, designed for insertion into a mechanism. ∎  a casing containing a charge and a bullet or shot for small arms or an explosive charge for blasting. ∎  a component carrying the stylus on the pickup head of a record player.

cartridge XVI. alt. of prec., but recorded earlier.