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Actually, going back to the old days of "burning" cds meant that they were
burned into the underside of the CDs with a laser. That's how we referred
to it with the $10k machines we'd use to "burn" CDs.
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From: kelli -dot- lewis -at- onyxgfx -dot- com [mailto:kelli -dot- lewis -at- onyxgfx -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:46 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Burning CDs and Keys
Kent Christensen writes:
I'm repulsed by the notion of "burning" CDs. CDs are written and read
just like a hard disk or a floppy disk or a tape. No one says they
magnetized/demagnetized their hard disk, nor do they say they burned it.
"Burn" is the sort of slang that doesn't belong in technical writing.
I appreciate your comments. You have a good point. However, this is an
informal, in-house document dealing with burning (writing?) security keys.
I
have sections on CD burning in a manual I'm authoring for a different
product
and I don't use any form of the word "burn." :)
Kelli
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