cartridge
n. countablen. a small container that holds something you need for a machine, like ink for a printer or film for a camera. When it is empty, you usually take it out and put in a new one.
n. a modular, replaceable container designed to hold a specific substance or component for use within a larger mechanism. Often refers to ink units for printers, storage media for gaming consoles, or ammunition casings.
I need to buy a new ink cartridge for my printer.
The technician showed me how to snap the toner cartridge into place without spilling any powder.
Before the digital era, many home video game systems relied on physical cartridges that contained the entire game's software on a printed circuit board.
Corruption of earlier cartage, from French cartouche, from Italian cartoccio (“roll of paper”), from Medieval Latin carta (“paper”). Doublet of cartouche.