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>Once the SD card was bonded to your phone it was not reuseable elsewhere

It password-protected the card (using CMD42). You can remove password while erasing the card, but most devices weren't aware of password protection feature at all.

SD actually stands for "Super Density", optical disc format that was replaced by DVD but they already had the logo designed and apparently didn't want let it go to waste. https://www.global.toshiba/ww/news/corporate/1995/11/pr0701....

> It password-protected the card (using CMD42). You can remove password while erasing the card, but most devices weren't aware of password protection feature at all.

You could actually use a Symbian device to bring the cards back to life!

OP is about SSD, 2 Ss, so twice as secure ;)

just like homo sapiens sapiens is ehhh ... nevermind

Super Secure Drive

Looks to be 2 Ds, so Super Duper Drive ?

> OP is about SSD, 2 Ss, so twice as secure ;)

Like applying ROT13 twice?

Some Garmin Marine units use SD cards for map updates (Bluechart), which also seem to use the S in SD