Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri May 09 2025 18:18:17

  Re: Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
  By: Nigel Reed to All on Thu Apr 24 2025 12:16 am

 > If it's DVD-ROM or CD-ROM then yes, it would be a player since you can
 > only play from it.

Then it's a disc "reader".

 > That said, not sure where the term "drive" comes
 > from because hard drives don't really go any where.

I think at one time hard disks were separable from a hard drive and you needed a hard drive to "drive" move/rotate the disks. They actually were 2 different things.

 > Then again, where
 > are 3 1/2" disks called floppies because they're not floppy at all.

The actual disk in a 3.5 floppy is floppy. It's just protected by a hard-plastic case.

 > So many conundrums when it comes to computer hardware.

There are, but the naming usually does make sense when you look at the history of thing closely.
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