XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 2025-02-08 04:28:   
      
   > On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:47:34 +0100, Arno Welzel wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 2025-02-06 22:02:   
   >>   
   >>> On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 20:17:57 +0100, Arno Welzel wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 2025-02-06 01:05:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 10:18:28 +0100, Arno Welzel wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> ... that's the reason why it is called "solid state disk" and not   
   >>>>>> "flash media disk".   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> JFTR: In the past there were in fact SSDs based on RAM chips with   
   >>>>>> battery backup - for example the "memory cards" of some pocket   
   >>>>>> computers or programmable calculators.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> But those were never called “solid state disks” though, where they.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Correct - "solid state drive" and not "solid state disk".   
   >>>   
   >>> Neither.   
   >>   
   >> Well, you can ignore the real world, that's your choice.   
   >   
   > You have no idea how long the concept of non-volatile RAM has been around,   
   > do you?   
      
   I have. I've been working in the IT business since the late 1980ies and   
   used RAM based solid-state drives as well (yes, the ones for PCs and   
   servers as well not just battery backed memory cards for pocket computers).   
      
   Did you at least read what I linked to?   
      
      
      
   But as I said... everybody is free to ignore the real world.   
      
      
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