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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

I always thought zip drives were another term for flash drives because so many people just used the terms interchangably.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of how everyone is now misusing the term "ROM" to mean "Storage" when it actually means "Read-Only Memory". Drives me nuts every time I see it in advertising.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

It's funny to me that things like EEPROM are considered ROM. Like, ok, I can write to it? Read only, huh?

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