This is unacceptable especially in the official Oxford Dictionary New Edition
This is unacceptable especially in the official Oxford Dictionary New Edition
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i got a 4GHZ hard disk
I mean half this sub calls their graphics card the GPU…
19 inch 4:3 is mental
Why cant we just stick with calling it a cpu?
I’d get slapped if I called it that…
what seems to be the problem in the picture?
its a NAS /s
This is why nobody fucking knows anything about their computer
It looks like they are missing the Flat clicker, amateurs
The stock image of that PC is from 2007.
[Getty Images. Upload date: 25 July, 2007](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/close-up-of-desktop-computer-royalty-free-image/75650507)
Yes. Damnit!
It is called an *EXTERNAL* HARD DRIVE or NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE! /s
They forgot to put the monochrome edition of Oregon Trail on the screen
Damn right it’s unacceptable.
That dictionary has reputation toupgold and blunders like these are something that should gave been prevented before it even reached printer.
this shit is why so many boomers i’ve met call the actual computer the hard drive
i work in IT and so many people call it the hard drive, at least now i know why
Is this from the late 90s/early 2000s? When I first got into IT all the users called it the hard drive for some reason and I never really understood why.
I work in IT – and there is at least 1 person that calls their PC the ‘hard drive box’ in my org.
Even accountants in my office know this is processor, not hard drive.
Looking for computer information in a book is like asking gun information from an ATF agent
goes to show how old everyone working there is lol.
“Everything’s computer”
I guess it was just easier to call it a computer than “*bunch of hardware that lets you work and play games*”. 😁
Idk where this comes from. I’ve heard people refer to the computer as a hard drive many times in different geographical areas and from different age groups. Where are people getting this from?
My grandma still calls them hard drives.
Ah yes. My 1TBGhz SPD (Solid Processing drive).
Reminds me of how smart I thought I was as a kid when my mom taught me the tower is called the CPU.
I have since learned otherwise
You wouldn’t believe how many older generation people I’ve worked with that still call a desktop a “harddrive”.
Even older, is people that still call ‘storage’ ‘memory’.
Oh wait that’s actually unacceptable
So, what *is* the correct name for the computer parts of the computer? It’s not the case; that’s the bit with all the lights that the components live in. I’ve been calling it “the actual computer part of the computer” to differentiate it from the entire setup.