Actually, you do quite literally burn NAND /flash memory (used in thumb drives and SSDs) continually every time you write to it because of damage to the oxide layer, you’re essentially burning the silicon dioxide (glass).

Millennials aren’t the only ones to burn media. Your phone is probably doing it right now.

You’re welcome.

All long-term memory storage methods involve violence against a physical medium. Fite me.

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some systems still refer to it as burning regardless of the destination hardware