Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : boraxman
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 25 2025 08:47 am

  Re: Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
  By: boraxman to Nightfox on Fri Apr 25 2025 01:35 pm

 bo> Also, what is up with people calling them "Hard Drives", when they should
 bo> be "Hard Disks", or better yet, "Winchesters".

Doesn't "disk" refer to the actual round platter(s) inside it?  I always thought it was called a "drive" because it's a device that drives the motion of the disks, similar to how a screwdriver is used to "drive" the screw into the wood by turning it.

Also I've never heard the term "Winchester" for a storage device..?

Nightfox
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