You can refer to a cassette recorder, a tape recorder, or a video recorder as a recorder.

A recorder is a wooden or plastic musical instrument in the shape of a pipe. You play the recorder by blowing into the top of it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.

In the legal system of England and Wales, a recorder is a lawyer who is appointed as a part-time judge in the Crown Court.

A recorder is a machine or instrument that keeps a record of something, for example in an experiment or on a vehicle.