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a self-contained promise — case, charge, and consequence packed for instant delivery.
means A self-contained container holding something ready for use — whether gunpowder and a bullet, ink for a printer, or a removable module for a game console or recorder.
from From the French 'cartouche,' meaning a paper scroll or roll, which came through Italian 'cartoccio' from 'carta' — paper, ultimately the Latin 'charta.' The original cartridge was literally a twist of paper holding a measured charge of gunpowder, the powder rolled up like a sweet in a wrapper. English mangled the elegant 'cartouche' into the blunter 'cartridge' along the way, the spelling drifting as soldiers' tongues do.
- name origin
- From Latin charta, meaning paper — the original wrapping.
- game era
- Cartridges held entire worlds before discs took over.
- ink robbery
- Printer ink costs more per ounce than fine champagne.
- paper birth
- Earliest ones were rolled paper holding powder and ball.
- shotgun shell
- A shotshell is technically a cartridge full of pellets.
atari 2600 cartridges — game consoles that dominated home gaming from 1977-1992, with over 900 official and unofficial titles released
ink cartridge hp 61 — consumable printer supply used in millions of hp inkjet printers since 2012