The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoResearchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storagewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down14
arrow-up1321arrow-down1external-linkResearchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storagewww.pcgamer.comThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squarelingh0e@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoThey missed their chance at marketing a BFD… or even BBD (big byte disc).
minus-squareFandangalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThe expansion of that abbreviation feels like an idiocracy joke. “We store the computer data on VBDs.” “What is a VBD?” “Very large disc^tm. It’s pretty advanced.” And then they just bring out an insanely large disc.
VBD sounds like some sort of advanced std.
They missed their chance at marketing a BFD… or even BBD (big byte disc).
BBC big byte container
The expansion of that abbreviation feels like an idiocracy joke.
“We store the computer data on VBDs.” “What is a VBD?” “Very large disc^tm. It’s pretty advanced.” And then they just bring out an insanely large disc.