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by czechdeveloper 3843 days ago
SSD can also stand for Solid State Disk. Disk does not imply moving parts.
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frame_perfect 3843 days ago
No. It's only referred to that because people are stupid. It contains neither an actual disk nor a drive motor to spin a disk.

If SSD = Solid state disk, then HDD = Hard disk disk.

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1stop 3843 days ago
But it does imply a disc, as in a circular thing. SSDs are very square looking discs...
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mtanski 3843 days ago
It's kind of like apps still using the floppy drive icon to indicting Save action.
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