The tape itself was commonly referred to as 'eighth-inch' tape, supposedly 1⁄8 inches wide, but it was slightly larger: 0.15 inches (3.81 mm). These spools and their attendant parts are held inside a protective plastic shell which is 4 by 2.5 by 0.5 inches (10 cm × 6.3 cm × 1.3 cm) at its largest dimensions. Between the early 1970s and the early 2000s, the cassette was one of the two most common formats for prerecorded music, first alongside the LP record and later the compact disc (CD).Compact Cassettes contain two miniature spools, between which the magnetically coated, polyester-type plastic film (magnetic tape) is passed and wound.

The first cassette player (although mono) designed for use in car dashboards was introduced in 1968. Its uses ranged from portable audio to home recording to data storage for early microcomputers. Both forms are reversible by the user.The compact cassette technology was originally designed for dictation machines, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and Reel-to-reel tape recording in most non-professional applications. Compact cassettes come in two forms, either already containing content as a prerecorded cassette (Musicassette), or as a fully recordable 'blank' cassette. It was developed by Philips in Hasselt, Belgium, and released in 1962. For other audio, video and data cassette formats based on magnetic tape, see Cassette tape (disambiguation).Compact CassetteA TDK SA90 Type II Compact CassetteMedia typeMagnetic tapeEncodingAnalog signalCapacityTypically 30 or 45 minutes of audio per side (C60 and C90 formats respectively), 120 minutes also availableRead mechanismTape headWrite mechanismMagnetic recording headDeveloped byPhilipsUsageAudio and data storageThe Compact Cassette, Compact Audio Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the cassette tape or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.

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