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by Wowfunhappy 122 days ago
SSD, of course, stands for Solid State Dis[c,k]...
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9rx 122 days ago
Solid State Drive, usually, but when it comes to language anything goes.
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Symbiote 122 days ago
A drive is a motor or other similar device, one that is driven or worked.

But there are no moving parts in an SSD.

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9rx 122 days ago
Hence solid state.
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andrewshadura 122 days ago
Disck.
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