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>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jul 2013, Alexander Berntsen wrote: |
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> On 30/07/13 14:12, Alex Legler wrote: |
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>> 'disk space' is a perfectly valid term even if you have fancy solid |
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>> state drives these days. It is an established term in technical |
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>> documentation that everyone understands even if you don't |
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>> physically use a 'disk'. |
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> It's *wrong*. In school we were even taught to avoid it. :-) |
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It can hardly be more wrong than "drive". A solid state device doesn't |
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contain any mechanical components like motors that would drive it. |
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Ulrich |
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