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Line 6: A '''ROM cartridge''', usually referred to in context simply as a '''cartridge''', '''cart''', or '''card''', is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a [[consumer electronics]] device such as a [[home computer]], [[video game console]] or, to a lesser extent, [[electronic musical instrument]]s.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cartridge \|title=CARTRIDGE \| meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary \|publisher=Dictionary.cambridge.org \|date=2022-05-25 \|accessdate=2022-05-31 \|archive-date=February 27, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227221208/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cartridge \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Read-Only Memory\|ROM]] cartridges allow users to rapidly load and access programs and data alongside a [[floppy drive]] in a home computer; in a video ~~opyright~~game console, the cartridges are standalone. At the time around their release, ROM cartridges provided security against [[Software copyright\|unauthorised copying]] of software. However, the manufacturing of ROM cartridges was more expensive than floppy disks, and the storage capacity was smaller.<ref>{{cite 4magazine \|last=Novogrodsky \|first=Seth \|date=April 1984 \|title=Plug in a Program \|url=https://archive.org/details/pcworld24unse/page/2/mode/2up \|magazine=PC World \|volume=2\|issue=4\|pages=2–5\|publisher=International Data Group \|access-date= 22 June 2022}}</ref> ROM cartridges and slots were also used for various hardware accessories and enhancements. The widespread usage of the ROM cartridge in video gaming applications has led it to be often colloquially called a '''game cartridge'''.

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