• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    14 days ago

    that is true, it was originally ‘sundisk’. the ‘new’ name (from 1995), though, is a rather clever double play on words.

    sandisk -> sans disk (no disk)
    sandisk -> sand disk (made from sand)

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        14 days ago

        Honestly no table sounds like a company which sells hideaway tables…that’s kinda a genius business idea actually someone should do this haha.