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⭐ Core Definition: List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes

The following is a list providing an overview of all the different tape cartridge and cassette formats that use magnetic tape. Both "cassette" and "cartridge" refer to a small plastic unit containing a length of magnetic tape on at least one reel. The unit may contain a second "take-up" reel or interoperate with such a reel in an associated tape drive. At least 142 distinct types have been known to exist.

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

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👉 List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes in the context of Compact Cassette

The cassette tape, also called Compact Cassette, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips, the Compact Cassette was introduced in August 1963.

Cassette tapes come in two forms, either containing content as a pre-recorded cassette (Musicassette), or as a fully recordable "blank" cassette. Both forms have two sides and are reversible by the user. Although other tape cassette formats have also existed—for example the Microcassette—the generic term cassette tape is normally used to refer to the Compact Cassette because of its ubiquity.

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⭐ Core Definition: List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes
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List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes in the context of Cassette tape

List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes in the context of Cassette tape

Cassette tapes come in two forms, either containing content as a prerecorded cassette (Musicassette), or as a fully recordable "blank" cassette. Both forms have two sides and are reversible by the user. Although other tape cassette formats have also existed—for example the Microcassette—the generic term cassette tape is normally used to refer to the Compact Cassette because of its ubiquity.

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List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes in the context of "Compact Cassette"

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👉 List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes in the context of Compact Cassette

List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes in the context of Cassette tape