_number8_@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoThe music usage "album" refers to the original practice of creating an album book of several 78s bound as separate pages, like a stamp or photo album.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1603arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1596arrow-down1imageThe music usage "album" refers to the original practice of creating an album book of several 78s bound as separate pages, like a stamp or photo album.lemmy.world_number8_@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChozo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up90·9 months agoFor some reason, this reminds me of the origin of the term “footage”, when referring to filming something. In ye olden days, film was measured in feet. So to capture video on film, you were using up a certain amount of footage/length of film.
minus-squareAdmiralShat@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoThats legitimately neat
For some reason, this reminds me of the origin of the term “footage”, when referring to filming something. In ye olden days, film was measured in feet. So to capture video on film, you were using up a certain amount of footage/length of film.
TIL
Thats legitimately neat