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Cartridge is part of the category Media.
Cartridges were a common method of distributing games on many early consoles and computers; they typically consisted of the game or other program stored in ROM which could be connected via the cartrige slot on the system. When compared with other common media of the era such as cassettes or disks, cartridges had the advantages of the program loading instantly, were more durable and reliable, and didn't require additional hardware such as a disk drive which was often expensive at the time. They were, however, more expensive to manufacture and the ROM size usually didn't offer as much storage space as was available on other media. Use of cartridges began to wane as games became larger and accessories like disk drives were more common.
(View kwa Mifumo Yote) Cartridge ni sehemu ya jamii Media. Cartridges walikuwa njia ya kawaida ya kusambaza michezo kwenye console nyingi za mapema na kompyuta; kwa kawaida zilijumuisha mchezo au programu nyingine iliyohifadhiwa katika ROM ambayo inaweza kuunganishwa kupitia nafasi ya cartridge kwenye mfumo. Ikilinganishwa na vyombo vingine vya habari vya kawaida vya enzi kama vile kaseti au diski, cartridges zilikuwa na faida ya programu ya kupakia mara moja, zilikuwa na kudumu zaidi na kuaminika, na hazikuhitaji vifaa vya ziada kama vile gari la diski ambayo mara nyingi ilikuwa ghali wakati huo. Walikuwa, hata hivyo, ghali zaidi kutengeneza na ukubwa wa ROM kwa kawaida haukutoa nafasi nyingi ya kuhifadhi kama ilivyokuwa inapatikana kwenye vyombo vingine vya habari. Matumizi ya cartridges alianza kupungua kama michezo akawa kubwa na vifaa kama diski drives walikuwa ya kawaida zaidi.