(thing) by SteveSgt Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:12:13

A small plastic cassette containing 4mm wide tape for recording analog audio signals. Originally invented by Philips Corporation of The Netherlands for dictation systems, it gained popularity as a music format due to developments such as Dolby noise reduction and the Sony walkman.

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