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1. xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 12:22:38 JST xianc78

   Nothing says "stuck in the 90s" more than calling flash drives "jump drives".

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 12:28:27 JST xianc78

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     • :trans_paw:⛧Alex⛧:trans_paw:

     @Alex I agree because you might as well call SSDs "flash drives".

     Also it turns out that "jump drive" is trademarked by Lexar which is why the term is rarely used these days.

   • :trans_paw:⛧Alex⛧:trans_paw: (alex@boymilk.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 12:28:28 JST :trans_paw:⛧Alex⛧:trans_paw:

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     theyre usb drives
   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 23:13:08 JST xianc78

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     • Gabe
     • Soul Dessin

     @souldessin @gabriel I always associate "thumb drive" with those really short flash drives.

   • Soul Dessin (souldessin@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 23:13:10 JST Soul Dessin

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     • Gabe

     @gabriel @xianc78
     Thumb drives! That's my hill!

   • Gabe (gabriel@mk.gabe.rocks)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 23:13:11 JST Gabe

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     @xianc78@gameliberty.club dongle

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 23:53:25 JST xianc78

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     • bonkmaykr

     @bonkmaykr Apparently, the different names stem from the fact that many different companies, all of the sudden, came with the idea of having removable flash storage that is accessed by USB and they all had different names for it, some of them being trademark. "Flash Drive" somehow ended up being the dominant name even though the term could technically be used for any flash-memory-based storage.

   • bonkmaykr (bonkmaykr@canithesis.org)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 23:53:26 JST bonkmaykr

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     @xianc78@gameliberty.club The only reason I know what "jump drive" even means is because it was on posters all over my school explaining how to use Windows XP