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* [[Flash Memory]] is this, compared to other forms of data storage. Kid-friendly toys almost exclusively use it and stories abound of thumb drives being lost in the wash, sat on, dropped in freezing snow, found in [[Creepypasta|desolate areas]], etc.
* Western Electric's [http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/telephones.html telephones] during the days when the Bell telephone company (which would later be led by WE's owner, AT&T) reigned supreme. Many of them are still in use today.
* [[w:CorningWare|CorningWare]], a long-running brand of dinnerware and stovetop kitchenware. It was made of a glass-ceramic material called [[w:Pyroceram|Pyroceram]] which was virtually indestructible. In fact it was ''so'' tough it did itself in as a product line -- there was almost no market for replacement dishes and pans, and after a few decades sales started dropping -- no one was buying it any more because if you wanted it at all, you probably already had a set (and may have gotten it from your parents), and it wasn't going anywhere, except maybe to your children (and their children). For this reason Corning discontinued its manufacture in the United States in the 1990s, and after a brief revival some twenty years later that ended again in 2022, no longer manufactures kitchenware out of Pyroceram. Corning still markets kitchenware under the name "CorningWare", but it's not made of Pyroceram any more.<ref>In fact, as of the 2020s, Pyroceram is only made in France for use in cooktops and laboratory equipment.</ref>
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