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.
Of course it is. Oh jeez I am old.
Put another way: The fields of modern digital audio file metadata contain keys descended from the specific features of data-storage technology from 1912.
And people think it’s odd that we still use the floppy disk icon to mean “save”.
Hell, it has to be a steadily increasing number of people who don’t know what the phone icon is supposed to represent.
Motion to make this the telephone icon
Mom: “Your phone is ringing.”
Son: “Could you answer it real quick while I wash my hands?”
Mom: “How do I answer it?”
Son: “Hit the buttplug.”
