Another strange thing: hard disks. Let’s keep data on a rotating magnetic cylinder because when we need to read it, we know it will eventually come back around.
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Then we have pocket supercomputers with a persistent connection to a data network than spans the whole world, which we call smartphones because one of their features is to call grandma.
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Don't try to parse the SD card logo, which is a disc because...pic.twitter.com/nSLb8WSLch
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Short answer: Because Toshiba re-used it from their DVD competitor "Super Density Disk". Long answer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeLvdE8lNW4 …
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We can backronym "Device" in there.
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I was about to reply that floppy disks weren't shaped like disks either, then I felt incredibly stupid and I had to confess my guilt.
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*nor a drive
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Still better than calling USB Flash storage "Thumb Drives", which are also neither thumbs not a drive.
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I know a person who gives at least some sort of merit to that "thumb" part.
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He’ll never thought of this.
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What alternate would you propose
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