Cartridge vs Retractor - What's the difference?
cartridge | retractor |
(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition ().
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=7 (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 () for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
(computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data ().
* 1983 , Helpline'' (in ''Sinclair User issue 21)
(computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
* 1981 , Communication Outlook (volume 3)
* 2002 , Video Game Bible, 1985-2002 (page 180)
(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" .
One who, or that which, retracts.
In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
(chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
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As a proper noun cartridge
is .As a noun retractor is
one who, or that which, retracts.cartridge
English
(wikipedia cartridge)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.}}
- The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.
- We would like to see someone market a low-power, text-to-speech cartridge that would mate with the Epson and use its internal battery pack.
- Nintendo made sure to loudly trumpet all of the advantages of the cartridge format, particularly the greatly reduced loading times and the sturdiness of the cartridges