Ulrich Mueller posted on Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:57:52 +0200 as excerpted: >>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jul 2013, Alexander Berntsen wrote: > >> On 30/07/13 14:12, Alex Legler wrote: >>> 'disk space' is a perfectly valid term even if you have fancy solid >>> state drives these days. It is an established term in technical >>> documentation that everyone understands even if you don't physically >>> use a 'disk'. > > +1 > >> It's *wrong*. In school we were even taught to avoid it. :-) > > It can hardly be more wrong than "drive". A solid state device doesn't > contain any mechanical components like motors that would drive it.
Additionally, "Drivespace" aka "DRVSPACE.EXE" was an MS whole-partition data-compression product at one point (tho I believe they purchased it rather than developing it "in-house"), superseding "Doublespace". For people familiar with that, "drive space" has unwanted and possibly trademarked associations. OTOH, the "free space" or "space available" suggestions I saw elsewhere do make a lot of sense and avoid both the "disc" and "mechanical drive" implications. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
