a small, removable flat case containing two reels and magnetic tape that winds between them, used in storing and retrieving data, scaled high performance tape housing of honeycomb-like structure that contains a magnetic tape; cartridges are placed in and fetched from their cells by a mechanism which transports them to a read-write station where they are automatically loaded into a drive, karp, milles on hõõrdveoga magnetlint, mida saab töödelda karbist välja võtmata