Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 257

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 257. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Candela, toxic metal, optical spinner, and 205.

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CD

Candela (abbreviated as cd), toxic metal (Cadmium, symbol Cd), optical spinner (a CD), and 205 (0xCD in hexadecimal).

2: Bounder for industrial design, once from Claris, and 3245.

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CAD

Bounder (a cad) for industrial design (what CAD is used for), once from Claris (ClarisCAD), and 3245 (0xCAD in hexadecimal).

3: Risky precursor to USB for a coach on your working area, and 2779.

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ADB

Risky precursor to USB (Apple Desktop Bus connected peripherals like keyboarsd to classic Macs, but hot-swapping it sometimes fried the logic board) for a coach (a bus) on your working area (desktop), and 2779 (0xADB in hexadecimal).

The common factor

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Each is also a hexadecimal number, as given.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.