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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

It only recently occurred to me the literal meaning of floppy vs. hard disk and the distinction between soft-, firm- and hardware.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I thought they were called floppy because of those old ones that were you know... Floppy, in difference to the hard disks inside the tower.

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