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tym@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Originally, personal computers only had a floppy disk drive, which got letter A, and later models could have two floppy drives, so A and B. When hard disk drives appeared they got assigned to letter C (and typically D for a secondary HDD). E then became customary for optical drives (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM etc.)

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  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Me, an average Linux enjoyer: “What’s a drive letter?”

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    • kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      sda, sdb

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      • _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        hda, hdb

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