Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 305

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 305. Here are my solutions to them.

1: One on each hand stores in a flash for a receptacle.

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Thumb drive

One on each hand (a thumb) stores in a flash (it uses Flash memory) for a receptacle (it connects to a USB port, officially termed a receptacle).

2: Flexible back component spun until the millennium.

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floppy disk

Flexible (floppy) back component (an intervertebral disc/disk) spun until the millennium (Apple discontinued floppy drives in 1999).

3: Fastener for super 2 until its click of death.

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Zip drive

Fastener (a zip) for super 2 (it stored 100-750 MB on a special floppy disk) until its click of death (its infamous sudden failure mode).

The common factor

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They are all types of removable storage.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.