• teft@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    58
    ·
    3 days ago

    The san in sandisk is a replacement for sun not for sans. They basically didn’t want to be confused with Sun Microsystems so they renamed themselves.

    • adarza@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      25
      ·
      edit-2
      3 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)