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The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, [2] 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 released in August 1963.
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.
Cassette single (or "Cassingle"), a music single in the form of a cassette tape; Digital Audio Tape (or DAT), a digital audio cassette tape format, mainly used by professionals; Digital Compact Cassette (or DCC), a short-lived digital audio cassette format aimed at domestic users; Videocassette, a cassette containing videotape, for use in VCRs
The first figure shows frequency response plots for sample Type I, Type II, and Type IV cassette tapes comparing their MOL, SOL, and 0-dB performance. The second figure shows the frequency response performance of typical Type I, Type II, and Type IV cassette tapes, obtained for a number of different input signal levels, using a high quality ...
A Star Raiders ROM cartridge for an Atari computer. A ROM cartridge, usually referred to in context simply as a cartridge, cart, cassette, or card, is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a consumer electronics device such as a home computer, video game console or, to a lesser extent, electronic musical instruments.
Examples of four different cassette formulations, top to bottom (a) Generic ferric - prerecorded cassette made in Canada in 1987 or later, Polygram/Verve (b) IEC II cobalt-doped ferric - Maxell XLII 1985 (c) IEC II true chrome - Ampex 472 1985-93 (d) IEC VI - TDK CDing IV 1992-1993. Date: 20 October 2019: Source: Own work: Author: Retired ...
A key element of the cassette's success was its use in in-car entertainment systems, where the small size of the tape was significantly more convenient than the competing 8-track cartridge system. Cassette players in cars and for home use were often integrated with a radio receiver. In-car cassette players were the first to adopt automatic ...
The letter P in ℗ stands for phonogram, [2] [3] the legal term used in most English-speaking countries to refer to works known in U.S. copyright law as "sound recordings". [4] A sound recording has a separate copyright that is distinct from that of the underlying work (usually a musical work, expressible in musical notation and written lyrics ...