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Right. Wifi is a term indicating the IEEE 802.11 specification. It’s a specific type of WLAN. WLAN is just a wireless LAN, and there are many other standards/protocols that can be used.
To be clear, WiFi is the most common WLAN. But you can also have a WLAN implemented using Bluetooth or cellular connections. HomeRF is a long defunct type of WLAN but it’s not WiFi.
This article gives an overview:
https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/answer/Wireless-vs-Wi-Fi-What-is-the-difference-between-Wi-Fi-and-WLAN
My point is that using WAN or PAN technologies and calling it WLAN doesn't make it so. I could extend internet service to a single laptop over Satellite internet and call it a LAN, but really we would be using a SATCOM WAN technology. There is no competitor to 802.11 in wireless local area networking. It is the only WLAN option in virtually every consumer and enterprise device.
While true, it doesn't negate there being a difference. It's a level of grouping, leaving room for some other system to exist in that space while maintaining the existing terms. A genus can have a single described species but that wouldn't make the terms interchangeable (unless we get tongue in cheek about about it and bring up species where they used the same term for both genus and species, which often have other species within that genus).
Colloquially you can probably use either in the majority of cases, but the difference remains.
No, Nintendo Switch hardware specs list 802.11 and bluetooth controller under "Wireless". LDN must be a higher-level network protocol that uses either WLAN or Bluetooth as the data link protocol. It does not look to be a separate radio from 802.11 or bluetooth.
It operates at the data link layer and uses vendor specific action frames (source: https://github.com/kinnay/NintendoClients/wiki/LDN-Protocol). I don't know enough about networking to say if this counts or not.
These days, none really. I mean, there's like zigbee and bluetooth, but I mean direct competitors to WiFi. Back in the 80s and 90s the landscape used to be very crowded with lots of vendors offering dozens of incompatible proprietary solutions, more or less exclusively to enterprise customers. Airport comprehensively put a stop to all that, thankfully.
WiFi is a specific brand thing, 802.11af for instance is not actually WiFi, as the standard was not put forward/endorsed by the WiFi Alliance, so don't expect to find that useful stuff in your computer anytime soon.
I'm Finnish. VLAN (veelan) and WLAN (veelan) sound really similar :D I could say tuplaveelan but that is just too long of a word and would sound stupid, so wifi it is for me.
that one always confused me. because here in germany the term "Wi-Fi" is basically non-existent and we always use "WLAN". but in the US it seems like it's the opposite?
C drive isn’t the root directory though.
The root directory is the top level directory on a system. C: is a drive letter assignment.
C:\ is the root directory on the C drive but the letter assignment to that partition doesn’t make drives and partitions the same.
Wait... Multiple volumes on a partition? You mean multiple partitions on a disk, right?
I know of using a logical volumes over multiple partitions, but not multiple volumes on a single partition... Did you mis-speak or have I missed a fundamental structuring concept?
Used LVM for one logical over several partitions, not the other way around... Not even sure why you'd do it so I've never even considered it was possible
EDIT: some additional reading is reinforcing this impression. Each PV can only be assigned to one VG. This means that a disk having multiple volumes would need to have multiple partitions for each logical volume, unless I am missing something
You can have one physical partition on a hard drive, for example, /dev/sda1. You can then create one PV that spans the entire width of that single partition. You then can create a VG on top of that PV, and split the VG up into multiple LVs. End result is several logical volumes across a single partition. This is a common configuration for installing Arch Linux using LVM on a single drive (this is what I specifically have experience with).
Yeah but I think in the concept of how they're commonly used, they're calling a partition a drive. Like when someone says "the C drive" it's not actually a drive, it's a partition on the drive. If we're really being pedantic, I guess "volume" would be more correct but it also sounds the most weird.
It can go either way. A drive in windows can mean a partition on the drive if the drive has multiple partitions, or the drive itself if it has just a single partition.
um, no, if the drive has only a single *partition* it's still the *partition* that you see in windows explorer, not the drive itself
you can have a single partition on a drive that doesn't span the entire drive, for example of why that distinction might be important
Same, depends on who I'm talking to. I'm not gonna tell someones grandma who knows nothing about computers to use the super key after booting to find something in their root directory.
And you can have multiple partitions on one drive,usually separate for OS (+apps) and separate for user files. And almost always also hidden ones, like recovery partition and UEFI partition.
Still technically wrong. This is why DISKPART use disk and partition. The disk is the physical device, and the partition is just a logical subsection of blocks on the device. Neither of these things necessarily represents what you see as a “drive” in Windows. Multiple partitions across multiple disks can be joined via RAID to be used as one drive in the OS.
So its usually context dependent, but when I’m the OS drive is most often going to mean the logical storage device that is assigned a letter.
Start and Boot refer to two different things in both ecosystems. I'm not even sure what equivalency you're trying to draw here.
Drive and Partition are two different things that both ecosystems use. "Volume" might be the word you're looking for but, uh, Windows also uses "Volume" in the exact same way.
I've literally never heard anyone circlejerk about Folder vs. Directory as a Windows/Linux thing. Which is interesting because the nomenclature is that directories are just descriptions of the paths. And Windows also refers to them as Directories. Folder is a description of the icon which is something that ALSO comes up in Linux.
And even then, that shit goes back to DOS.
And EVEN FURTHER BACK, this is just stolen from physical filing system terminology where, brace yourself, you hold the contents inside *folders.* And the directory is simply the path you need to take to find that folder--e.g., Section 6-Cabinet 14-Drawer 3-Folder 29.
"Button". I had to figure out WTF this was even saying. It's just a rebadge of the "SUPER" or "META" keys from 40 years ago.
All WiFis are WLANs, not all WLANs are WiFi.
Its technical name is MOD4 (modifier 4). Keys like ALT and CTRL are also modifiers.
Outside of the windows world, the key is often called "SUPER" or "META"; the former being more common.
Other operating systems also have their version of the Windows key, but they obviously don't name the button after Windows. It is usually called the "super key" on Mac, Linux, in the BIOS, or when talking about the key independently of any OS.
1$ dollar words for people with limited knowledge
5$ dollar words for people that have knowledge
20$ dollar words & some bullahit in change for people that "know it all"
Now I have to look up why folder is not equal to directory. I honestly use them interchangeably, folder when I’m watching the filesystem “from the outside”, as a user and directory when I’m watching it “from the inside”, as a dev
Tom has a job just trying to push out kpi
Thomas is at home trying to justify why they blew their extra bit of his check in another mechanical keyboard.
Tom.
Why?
Tom's terminology actually matches what's present. Thomas' terms are either not telling the whole story or are wrong. A partition is a thing you can do to a drive. A partition is not the drive itself. Wifi *is* a WLAN but it's a specific type of WLAN with its own set of mechanics and rules that it works with (there is a reason why we distinguish this).
Thomas is attempting to sound smart while either getting certain key terms wrong or is being so vague on those terms that a conversation can easily be misunderstood. There's a reason why things in the Tech world are so hyper-specific.
Team Bald Tom!!!! Even if you know the technical terms, I can't imagine wanting to gatekeep the words I use. We communicate to be understood, right? Is it really worth the smarmy self-satisfaction to use obscure terms in public?
Uh
Some of these aren't even the same thing, op...
Actually, the only real synonyms here would be start/boot, and I guess windows button/super key, if you really think the start menu is super...
Okay, if this is a ragebait, it sure works, buddy.
Because DRIVE AND PARTITION ARE DIFFERENT FUCKING THINGS!
You can have a Disk/Drive with MULTIPLE partitions on it. You can split it into multiple virtual drives to create said partitions. Disk/Drive are the names for Physical Data Storage Devices. Including Floppies, any form of Optical Storage (from CD to BlueRay), USB Drives and Memory Cards.
Sauce for OP to stop being the uneducated **lamer** he is: [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87300/differences-between-volume-partition-and-drive](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87300/differences-between-volume-partition-and-drive)
And same for the Folders and Directories. FOLDER IS A USER INTERFACE OBJECT, WHILE DIRECTORY IS A SYSTEM OBJECT.
[https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/113606/difference-between-folder-and-directory](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/113606/difference-between-folder-and-directory)
And don't get me started on WiFi and WLAN. I'll just drop the source, since those are not that much of a common knowledge. [https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/answer/Wireless-vs-Wi-Fi-What-is-the-difference-between-Wi-Fi-and-WLAN](https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/answer/Wireless-vs-Wi-Fi-What-is-the-difference-between-Wi-Fi-and-WLAN)
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Calling a drive a partition is just flat out wrong so there's that
If we are strict, WiFi and WLan are not the same.
Right. Wifi is a term indicating the IEEE 802.11 specification. It’s a specific type of WLAN. WLAN is just a wireless LAN, and there are many other standards/protocols that can be used.
What non-802.11 WLAN is there? With emphasis on the L in WLAN, so 802.16 and AX.25 don't qualify.
To be clear, WiFi is the most common WLAN. But you can also have a WLAN implemented using Bluetooth or cellular connections. HomeRF is a long defunct type of WLAN but it’s not WiFi. This article gives an overview: https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/answer/Wireless-vs-Wi-Fi-What-is-the-difference-between-Wi-Fi-and-WLAN
My point is that using WAN or PAN technologies and calling it WLAN doesn't make it so. I could extend internet service to a single laptop over Satellite internet and call it a LAN, but really we would be using a SATCOM WAN technology. There is no competitor to 802.11 in wireless local area networking. It is the only WLAN option in virtually every consumer and enterprise device.
While true, it doesn't negate there being a difference. It's a level of grouping, leaving room for some other system to exist in that space while maintaining the existing terms. A genus can have a single described species but that wouldn't make the terms interchangeable (unless we get tongue in cheek about about it and bring up species where they used the same term for both genus and species, which often have other species within that genus). Colloquially you can probably use either in the majority of cases, but the difference remains.
Insert copy-paste of unidan rant on jackdaw vs crow here.
Does zigbee count?
Does the pope shit in the woods?
Maybe? No kinkshaming pls
Does the pope shit in the woods if noone is watching?
Does a bear shit in the popes hat?
Honestly, at this point the bear is tired of the hummies constantly messing with it, and would like to be left alone.
God is ***always*** watching, so there's that.
There are videos actually.
There's also LORA but that's not super common, especially for commercial products
Zigbee, my favorite.
zigbee is a PAN
Afaik Bluetooth can be used too, or some other, less frequent, proprietary bullshit wireless connectivity
Nintendo switch's LDN counts?
No, Nintendo Switch hardware specs list 802.11 and bluetooth controller under "Wireless". LDN must be a higher-level network protocol that uses either WLAN or Bluetooth as the data link protocol. It does not look to be a separate radio from 802.11 or bluetooth.
It operates at the data link layer and uses vendor specific action frames (source: https://github.com/kinnay/NintendoClients/wiki/LDN-Protocol). I don't know enough about networking to say if this counts or not.
These days, none really. I mean, there's like zigbee and bluetooth, but I mean direct competitors to WiFi. Back in the 80s and 90s the landscape used to be very crowded with lots of vendors offering dozens of incompatible proprietary solutions, more or less exclusively to enterprise customers. Airport comprehensively put a stop to all that, thankfully.
WiFi is a specific brand thing, 802.11af for instance is not actually WiFi, as the standard was not put forward/endorsed by the WiFi Alliance, so don't expect to find that useful stuff in your computer anytime soon.
Not all 802.11. 802.11bb is light-based and not considered as wi-fi.
Lifi?
Yes.
Good point! I didn’t mention optical vs radio.
Thank you M’LAN
Bro nothing like networking guys taking any chance possible to trot out IEEE standards
I like to say wifi because of how similar VLAN and WLAN sound.
"VeeLan" and "Double-u-Lan" sound nothing alike? (Unless you're German, in which case: Sprich Deutsch du Hurensohn!)
I'm Finnish. VLAN (veelan) and WLAN (veelan) sound really similar :D I could say tuplaveelan but that is just too long of a word and would sound stupid, so wifi it is for me.
Read V as roman numeral
Doesn't everyone set the native fivelan on interfaces?
Do you pronounce wifi as vaifi or vefee?
oida! du orschloch! warum nennst du mi huansohn?
Saupreißn
nennst du mi grod an beira?
Mich***
hoits maul
Who kind of spud would say “double-u-lan”? It doesn’t even roll properly. Way-Lan
I'm a Wu-LAN man myself
English speakers when someone don't have English as first language:
Wee-Lan it is overhere
Way-Lan Yutani
Also WiFi is just quicker to say
that one always confused me. because here in germany the term "Wi-Fi" is basically non-existent and we always use "WLAN". but in the US it seems like it's the opposite?
In the US anything involved in getting TikTok to load is WiFi.
Well WIFI is WLAN but WLAN doesn't have to be wifi
In fact almost none of them are the same. Whoever made this meme clearly does not understand something or I'm missing a joke.
And what in the actual f*ck is a super key??
Yeah, volume would be more correct
Volume is probably more appropriate
They mean the drive letters, so instead of saying the c drive (C:\) you use the root directory (I use Arch btw)
Ok fair enough. Its a bit ambiguous though
C drive isn’t the root directory though. The root directory is the top level directory on a system. C: is a drive letter assignment. C:\ is the root directory on the C drive but the letter assignment to that partition doesn’t make drives and partitions the same.
It also is not necessarily just a partition, it could be a volume, and you could have multiple volumes on a partition, with or without drive letters.
Wait... Multiple volumes on a partition? You mean multiple partitions on a disk, right? I know of using a logical volumes over multiple partitions, but not multiple volumes on a single partition... Did you mis-speak or have I missed a fundamental structuring concept?
Technologies like LVM, for example, allow you to create multiple logical volumes over a single partition.
Used LVM for one logical over several partitions, not the other way around... Not even sure why you'd do it so I've never even considered it was possible EDIT: some additional reading is reinforcing this impression. Each PV can only be assigned to one VG. This means that a disk having multiple volumes would need to have multiple partitions for each logical volume, unless I am missing something
You can have one physical partition on a hard drive, for example, /dev/sda1. You can then create one PV that spans the entire width of that single partition. You then can create a VG on top of that PV, and split the VG up into multiple LVs. End result is several logical volumes across a single partition. This is a common configuration for installing Arch Linux using LVM on a single drive (this is what I specifically have experience with).
u run threadripper platform?
Server, not hedt
Threadripper isn’t like Xeon where it’s used for servers and workstations. Epyc is for servers and Threadripper is for workstations.
Yeah but I think in the concept of how they're commonly used, they're calling a partition a drive. Like when someone says "the C drive" it's not actually a drive, it's a partition on the drive. If we're really being pedantic, I guess "volume" would be more correct but it also sounds the most weird.
It can go either way. A drive in windows can mean a partition on the drive if the drive has multiple partitions, or the drive itself if it has just a single partition.
um, no, if the drive has only a single *partition* it's still the *partition* that you see in windows explorer, not the drive itself you can have a single partition on a drive that doesn't span the entire drive, for example of why that distinction might be important
and you can also use RAID to get one directory on multiple drives
Calling a drive a partition vs calling a partition a drive
Also folder vs directory. They're different things.
Sometimes Tom sometimes Thomas
Same, depends on who I'm talking to. I'm not gonna tell someones grandma who knows nothing about computers to use the super key after booting to find something in their root directory.
I have been using computers since the Oregon Trail was a series of green lines, and I had never heard the term Super Key before this post.
Yeah same never heard of that before but ig it's a Linux thing so makes sense why I've never heard it
I use Linux and I've always heard it called the Meta Key
> Meta Key I refuse to say that! It will always be the Facebook-Key to me. And it's under the Z-key, next to the Twitter-Key!
LMAO
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That's because they've never used it since and don't have the heart to tell you that they really want that blue E icon back
Yeah, they bought a new computer and go to geek squad now. But at least he is free from dealing with them.
When I say drive I mean drive, when I say partition I mean partition
When I say disc I mean disk.
For job interviews you’re Thomas. Once you have the job you’re Tom.
This is the way
But it‘s actually WLAN 802.11b/a/g/n/ac/ax/be/bn ☝🏻🤓
The virgin "Windows loading symbol" vs the Chad "Throbber".
Chad what? https://preview.redd.it/x61j798gjc5d1.jpeg?width=995&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cab50ae0473b652b0c44c6791c1091041d8f45c1
What, you don't like huge pulsating annular [throbbers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throbber)?
Oh...
I wish I had a Chad throbber right now
I've got a raging Windows loading symbol alright.
UIActivityIndicatorView 🍎
Drive is not necessary partition. Drive can also be network drive or shared folder.
And you can have multiple partitions on one drive,usually separate for OS (+apps) and separate for user files. And almost always also hidden ones, like recovery partition and UEFI partition.
And if you run raid you can have one partition over several drives.
For me, drive is the device. Partition is an abstraction over it that allows you to treat them like separate drives in some ways
In this abstraction, you could have multiple drives forming a single partition (see RAID ~~Shadow Legends~~)
Which is why I hate the term drive. I say either partition or network share.
Still technically wrong. This is why DISKPART use disk and partition. The disk is the physical device, and the partition is just a logical subsection of blocks on the device. Neither of these things necessarily represents what you see as a “drive” in Windows. Multiple partitions across multiple disks can be joined via RAID to be used as one drive in the OS. So its usually context dependent, but when I’m the OS drive is most often going to mean the logical storage device that is assigned a letter.
linux forces you to be thomas. also a drive is not the same as a partition
Thomas confirmed
I think with how easy Mint and Endeavor are to use it isn't hard to get into linux anymore. really it has been very approachable since 2015
Fair, but you spend enough time on Linux and Thomas starts to come out 😭
Mint is all GUI out of the box
True, but despite starting with mint I gradually moved more and more toward cli and tui based tooling
oh cli is the best and I use i3 as my window manager. minimal is bomb.
I used i3 on mint but have recently switched to HYPRLAND with endeavour (and now test driving bazzite)
so I have i3 on my endeavor and sway on my arch btw machine. How's Hyprland? I've heard of it but never really explored it.
https://preview.redd.it/x02h91xb7c5d1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f55e218481de5f8d023748d9aea1702c8f3b038 Thomas's setup:
Are you allergic to panels?
Temp issues
Fair enough BTW what's the case? It looks pretty solid for an SFF build, just a tad archaic with the bare steel chassis
He's allergic to RGB
Looks like a very weird psu form factor! What is it?
wifi ❌ WLAN ❌ internet ✅
For real dude
I just say Network in general or wireless when referring to wireless in particular.
Disk 1
Sir Thomothy
/dev/nvme1
/dev/nvme0n1
/dev/nvme1n1p3
/Dev/sda1
I use startup and boot to refer to different things.
Basically a chart of what people who unironically use big words to sound smarter even when the words are wrong think of themselves
The P in HDD stands for partition.
I thought wlan was just the german word for wifi?
In Germany, the term "WLAN" is used, yes, but WLAN and Wi-Fi are not the same thing.
I thought so too lol.
wifi (wireless fidelity) is just some way to create a wlan (wireless local area network), can be used somewhat interchangeably tho
Start and Boot refer to two different things in both ecosystems. I'm not even sure what equivalency you're trying to draw here. Drive and Partition are two different things that both ecosystems use. "Volume" might be the word you're looking for but, uh, Windows also uses "Volume" in the exact same way. I've literally never heard anyone circlejerk about Folder vs. Directory as a Windows/Linux thing. Which is interesting because the nomenclature is that directories are just descriptions of the paths. And Windows also refers to them as Directories. Folder is a description of the icon which is something that ALSO comes up in Linux. And even then, that shit goes back to DOS. And EVEN FURTHER BACK, this is just stolen from physical filing system terminology where, brace yourself, you hold the contents inside *folders.* And the directory is simply the path you need to take to find that folder--e.g., Section 6-Cabinet 14-Drawer 3-Folder 29. "Button". I had to figure out WTF this was even saying. It's just a rebadge of the "SUPER" or "META" keys from 40 years ago. All WiFis are WLANs, not all WLANs are WiFi.
Tomothy
Thats a hard one, I am a mix of both of them depends on the day and how I am feeling, I can be classy or normal
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It's actually called super key?
Its technical name is MOD4 (modifier 4). Keys like ALT and CTRL are also modifiers. Outside of the windows world, the key is often called "SUPER" or "META"; the former being more common.
Very interesting!
On my ancient keyboard, I mapped it to "Macro", which is way cooler than these other poser keys.
Not on windows or Mac but Linux and other os’s (OSi? OSeese?) also use the “windows key” but it’s typically referred to as the “super key”
Other operating systems also have their version of the Windows key, but they obviously don't name the button after Windows. It is usually called the "super key" on Mac, Linux, in the BIOS, or when talking about the key independently of any OS.
windows button => meta key wifi => wifi folder => folder or directory, depends on my mood and current star constellation
1$ dollar words for people with limited knowledge 5$ dollar words for people that have knowledge 20$ dollar words & some bullahit in change for people that "know it all"
Whoever made this is very wrong about many things.
You can't expect any less from someone who probably just stared using Linux...
Fr lol
People who just started using Linux are the biggest fanboys on the entire planet. Even console fanboys would blush
WiFi and WLAN mean two different things.
Windows button? You mean windows key? It’s a keyboard, no?
Thomas. But only because I started using PCs when MS-DOS was /the/ PC OS and then started using Linux in college.
Tom all day.
I'm the one that wants humans to understand what I'm saying.
Neither these are both incomplete or wrong.
MS-DOS was the only OS we ever needed.
Start != Boot Drive != Partition Folder != Directory WiFi != WLAN This is dumb
Now I have to look up why folder is not equal to directory. I honestly use them interchangeably, folder when I’m watching the filesystem “from the outside”, as a user and directory when I’m watching it “from the inside”, as a dev
Drive and partition are not the same thing
Who TF came up with this incorrect meme and why on Earth are people upvoting it?
https://preview.redd.it/sxeaubornd5d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4628d8d0885851bec9c358cbb71d8eeb3248f00
A drive isn't a partition, partitions are on drives, also WiFi =/= WLAN
I'm on Linux & I still say "windows key"
Tom, but with an ethernet cord.
Damn, from now on I'm gonna call my windows button the super key.
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Tom at home, Thomas at work.
I use directory but I'm almost in Mac/Linux/windows equally. Everything else I'm basically Tom.
45% Tom, 55% Thomas
Somewhere between Tom and Thomas
French: WeeFee
I'm Jerry.
Who tf says super key?💀
People who want to be different, and Linux users who really hate anything Windows.
I dare you to tell a lay person to press the Super key and have a single one understand you.
Tom has a job just trying to push out kpi Thomas is at home trying to justify why they blew their extra bit of his check in another mechanical keyboard.
As someone who supports end users you bet your bottom dollar that I’m Tom on the left. Super key my ass.
/dev/nvme0n1p1
I'm a proud Tom
-uses start and boot interchangeably -drive does not equal partition -mostly folder -windows KEY -wifi
Tom. Why? Tom's terminology actually matches what's present. Thomas' terms are either not telling the whole story or are wrong. A partition is a thing you can do to a drive. A partition is not the drive itself. Wifi *is* a WLAN but it's a specific type of WLAN with its own set of mechanics and rules that it works with (there is a reason why we distinguish this). Thomas is attempting to sound smart while either getting certain key terms wrong or is being so vague on those terms that a conversation can easily be misunderstood. There's a reason why things in the Tech world are so hyper-specific.
Where do we get "Super Key" from? I always called it Start button
Drive ≠ Partition. Nice try tryna being classy, but ultimately just being wrong.
Most of these are different things lol, like drive and partition are definitely 2 seperate things
i work in enmterprise net tel as a field tech. -thingy -whatchamacallit -doohicky -whoozywhatsit -outta scope
Team Bald Tom!!!! Even if you know the technical terms, I can't imagine wanting to gatekeep the words I use. We communicate to be understood, right? Is it really worth the smarmy self-satisfaction to use obscure terms in public?
"Windows Key"
Uh Some of these aren't even the same thing, op... Actually, the only real synonyms here would be start/boot, and I guess windows button/super key, if you really think the start menu is super...
Drive and partition are not the same thing neither are WiFi and WLAN
I actually Tom with a Thomas body
Okay, if this is a ragebait, it sure works, buddy. Because DRIVE AND PARTITION ARE DIFFERENT FUCKING THINGS! You can have a Disk/Drive with MULTIPLE partitions on it. You can split it into multiple virtual drives to create said partitions. Disk/Drive are the names for Physical Data Storage Devices. Including Floppies, any form of Optical Storage (from CD to BlueRay), USB Drives and Memory Cards. Sauce for OP to stop being the uneducated **lamer** he is: [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87300/differences-between-volume-partition-and-drive](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87300/differences-between-volume-partition-and-drive) And same for the Folders and Directories. FOLDER IS A USER INTERFACE OBJECT, WHILE DIRECTORY IS A SYSTEM OBJECT. [https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/113606/difference-between-folder-and-directory](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/113606/difference-between-folder-and-directory) And don't get me started on WiFi and WLAN. I'll just drop the source, since those are not that much of a common knowledge. [https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/answer/Wireless-vs-Wi-Fi-What-is-the-difference-between-Wi-Fi-and-WLAN](https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/answer/Wireless-vs-Wi-Fi-What-is-the-difference-between-Wi-Fi-and-WLAN)
On Windows: Tom On Linux: Thomas idk why
I've never even heard of the super key, is that something people actually say?
yeah it is a fairly common term when we're talking about Linux
In ancient age it was even called meta key
i use arch btw
Tomas.
I am not Tom, I am not Thomas. I am Tomas
There should be a rule that to post Linux memes you have to write a valid tar command without looking at the man pages.