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fsckboylast Tuesday at 12:00 AM1 replyview on HN

>compact

since "compact cassette" is the actual trademark®, I can't help but think you might've been unduly influenced here.

https://duckduckgo.com/i/4b7c08d5084dbabb.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette


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wizzwizz4last Tuesday at 12:12 AM

Maybe it's just an accurate name? CDs were pretty compact, back in the day: think of how many floppies would fit on a CD-ROM.

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