cartridge vs cylinder

cartridge

noun
  • The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition. 

  • A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console. 

  • A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another. 

  • A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly. 

  • Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data. 

cylinder

noun
  • The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges. 

  • A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. 

  • Any object in the form of a circular cylinder. 

  • A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder. 

  • An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder. 

  • A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine. 

  • The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity. 

  • The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump. 

  • A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder. 

verb
  • To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy. 

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