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Off-Topic => Off-Topic - Tiny Core Lounge => Topic started by: vinceASPECT on July 26, 2019, 09:52:46 AM

Title: ssd
Post by: vinceASPECT on July 26, 2019, 09:52:46 AM

Hello

WHy is this terminology so incorrect?

Solid State Drive. or disk.......... SSD

THere is no "drive" present. 

A Hard Disk "Drive"   HDD....... is referring to the drive shaft of motors that
spin the physical disk surface.

SSD  does not have any motors or drive's or drive shafts or disks.


The term should be renamed....Solid State Device.

V

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: core-user on July 26, 2019, 01:45:32 PM

Not really, as there are many solid state devices, how would you know which one was being referred to..... ;)

Maybe it should be SSDS, solid state data storage. :)

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: vinceASPECT on July 30, 2019, 06:07:50 AM

Yes....good idea

SSDS.   (Solid state data storage)


The currently terminology is certainly wholly wrong.

V

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: andyj on July 30, 2019, 08:01:03 AM

The "save" icon for pretty much every program is and will probably forever be a floppy disk. A program's dashboard doesn't protect us from mud kicked up by horses, but we've kept the name. The key is using the terms everyone else is familiar with, even if they are out of date. Otherwise, you will be failing to communicate.

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: coreplayer2 on July 30, 2019, 08:38:13 AM

Quote from: andyj on July 30, 2019, 08:01:03 AM

The "save" icon for pretty much every program is and will probably forever be a floppy disk. A program's dashboard doesn't protect us from mud kicked up by horses, but we've kept the name. The key is using the terms everyone else is familiar with, even if they are out of date. Otherwise, you will be failing to communicate.

Exactly, well said.   Nothing wrong with SSD in my opinion, give the consumer something to relate too.   SSD is a Solid State Drive as opposed to a Spinning Hard disk Drive.

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: Rich on July 30, 2019, 09:07:25 AM

Hi vinceASPECT

Quote from: vinceASPECT on July 26, 2019, 09:52:46 AM

WHy is this terminology so incorrect?

Solid State Drive. or disk.......... SSD

THere is no "drive" present. 

A Hard Disk "Drive"   HDD....... is referring to the drive shaft of motors that
spin the physical disk surface. ...

There is a drive present. The term drive refers to a storage device and the prefix describes the medium used:
Tape Drive - uses a flexible strip that resembles a spool of tape as a storage medium.
Floppy Drive - uses a flexible disk shaped storage medium.
Hard Drive- uses a rigid disk shaped storage medium.
Solid State Drive - uses non volatile memory chips as a storage medium.
Ram Drive - uses volatile memory chips as a storage medium.

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: xor on July 30, 2019, 12:26:55 PM

Quote from: vinceASPECT on July 26, 2019, 09:52:46 AM

Hello

WHy is this terminology so incorrect?

Solid State Drive. or disk.......... SSD

THere is no "drive" present. 

A Hard Disk "Drive"   HDD....... is referring to the drive shaft of motors that
spin the physical disk surface.

SSD  does not have any motors or drive's or drive shafts or disks.


The term should be renamed....Solid State Device.

V

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,22950.0.html

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: vinceASPECT on July 30, 2019, 08:05:51 PM

well thanks for the views and comments.

I suppose they must have naming conventions and common sense.

 Yes i guesse that a Floppy drive symbol will always be used for SAVE.

i sometimes think extra symbols could help.

Maybe for SSD.....they could add a symbol denoting that nothing ever MOVES inside this object.

thx

Vince.

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: andyj on July 31, 2019, 08:17:24 AM

Quote from: vinceASPECT on July 30, 2019, 08:05:51 PM

Maybe for SSD.....they could add a symbol denoting that nothing ever MOVES inside this object.

An icon of a roll of duct tape?

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: vinceASPECT on July 31, 2019, 08:51:43 AM

uh......i don't know what Symbol indicates that nothing moves inside an object.

For fragile they use the symbol showing a....... "half colored wine glass"....


maybe  they can use....a symbol of ...... "circular gears with cogs of different sizes....intertwined"  which indicates motion.......

but then a large....... X cross .......drawn through the cogs.....

That symbol would show the device does NOT contain any moving parts.

THx

Vin

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: andyj on July 31, 2019, 08:59:31 AM

Guessing you are not familiar with this:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/8160/7214525854_733237dd83_z.jpg)

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: vinceASPECT on July 31, 2019, 12:13:55 PM

ha ha Andy.

I think a lot of computers actually DO MOVE......when they are thrown into mid flight from office desks
and angry staff.

Vin

Title: Re: ssd
Post by: xor on August 01, 2019, 02:27:27 AM

Quote from: xor on July 30, 2019, 12:26:55 PM

Quote from: vinceASPECT on July 26, 2019, 09:52:46 AM

Hello

WHy is this terminology so incorrect?

Solid State Drive. or disk.......... SSD

THere is no "drive" present. 

A Hard Disk "Drive"   HDD....... is referring to the drive shaft of motors that
spin the physical disk surface.

SSD  does not have any motors or drive's or drive shafts or disks.


The term should be renamed....Solid State Device.

V

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,22950.0.html

creating a new computer term; * RDD; RAM DISK DRiVER
(instead of "ram disk" or "ram driver")

RDD Linux