Chris Espinosa on Nostr: The Secure Digital (“SD card”) logo was contributed to the the SD-3C license ...
The Secure Digital (“SD card”) logo was contributed to the the SD-3C license clearinghouse by Toshiba, who had trademarked it as the logo for Super Density Disc optical disc for video content. But the DVD alliance beat the Toshiba technology, and Super Density was abandoned—except for the logo.
So if you wonder why the D in a logo for a solid state memory card looks like a laser disc, now you know why.
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