What Does Cassette Mean?
A cassette is a storage medium consisting of magnetic tape spooled within a cartridge enclosure. Cassettes can store different types of media, including audio and video. The standalone term “cassette” is most often a casual word for audio cassette, whereas the video format is typically referred to as “VHS (Video Home System) cassette.” Early personal computers also used cassettes for reading and writing data.
Techopedia Explains Cassette
Audio cassettes can be traced back to the early 1960s and videocassettes can be traced back to the early 1970s. Audio cassettes were originally manufactured by the Phillips Company as children’s toys, but their gradual escalation in recording and playback quality distinguished them as a major consumer audio format by the 1980s. VHS tapes were first introduced by the Japanese electronics company, JVC, and also came to prominence in the 1980s.
