_number8_@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoThe music usage "album" refers to the original practice of creating an album book of several 78s bound as separate pages, like a stamp or photo album.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1578arrow-down1imageThe music usage "album" refers to the original practice of creating an album book of several 78s bound as separate pages, like a stamp or photo album.lemmy.world_number8_@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·edit-21 year agoPut another way: The fields of modern digital audio file metadata contain keys descended from the specific features of data-storage technology from 1912. And people think it’s odd that we still use the floppy disk icon to mean “save”.
minus-squareXrfauxtard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoMy oldest kid called it the “toaster” button…
Put another way: The fields of modern digital audio file metadata contain keys descended from the specific features of data-storage technology from 1912.
And people think it’s odd that we still use the floppy disk icon to mean “save”.
My oldest kid called it the “toaster” button…
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