Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down143
arrow-up1329arrow-down1message-squareThe recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI always thought zip drives were another term for flash drives because so many people just used the terms interchangably.
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoReminds 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.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s funny to me that things like EEPROM are considered ROM. Like, ok, I can write to it? Read only, huh?
I always thought zip drives were another term for flash drives because so many people just used the terms interchangably.
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.
It’s funny to me that things like EEPROM are considered ROM. Like, ok, I can write to it? Read only, huh?