Cassette

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Cassette may refer to:

  • In general, a small cartridge.[1] It may refer specifically to:
    • Compact Cassette, a worldwide standard for analog audio recording and playback, also known as audio cassette, cassette tape, or 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
  • Album (Public Image Limited album), a Public Image Ltd album called "Cassette" on certain editions
  • Cassette (bicycle part), the rear set of cogs on a bicycle
  • Cassette (New Zealand band), a band from New Zealand
  • Cassette (South African band), a band from South-Africa. They won the South African Music Award (SAMA) for best rock album 2007
  • Gene cassette, a term used to describe certain vectors that are normally used to confer a selectable marker on an organism

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  1. ^ In practice, there is a large amount of overlap between the two terms, and the term chosen may be somewhat arbitrary.