Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down144
arrow-up1326arrow-down1message-squareThe recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoReminds me of how everyone is now misusing the term “ROM” to mean “Storage” when it actually means “Read-Only Memory”. Drives me nuts every time I see it in advertising.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s funny to me that things like EEPROM are considered ROM. Like, ok, I can write to it? Read only, huh?
Reminds me of how everyone is now misusing the term “ROM” to mean “Storage” when it actually means “Read-Only Memory”. Drives me nuts every time I see it in advertising.
It’s funny to me that things like EEPROM are considered ROM. Like, ok, I can write to it? Read only, huh?